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For 'deed he fearna God nor man, ony mair nor the jeedge i' the Scriptur'. He drank a heap as for a' body at he ca'd upo' aye hed oot the whisky-bottle well willun' to please the man they war feart at."
But set Sandy Graham doon upo' ae side, an' the presbytery doon upo' the ither, an' I hae wit eneuch to ken whilk I wad tak my eternal chance wi'. Some o' the presbytery's guid eneuch men, but haena ower muckle gumption; an' some o' them has plenty o' gumption, but haena ower muckle grace, ta jeedge by the w'y 'at they glower an' rair, layin' doon the law as gien the Almichty had been driven to tak coonsel wi' them.
Come doon by, an' i' the scoug o' a rock, I'll tell ye a' aboot it." "Ye wadna ha'e the mistress no ken o' 't?" said his friend. "I dinna jist like haein' secrets frae her." "Ye sall jeedge for yersel', man, an' tell her or no just as ye like. Only she maun haud her tongue, or the black dog 'll ha'e a' the butter." "She can haud her tongue like the tae stane o' a grave," said Peter.
I kenna. Ye'll be the best jeedge o' that yersel'!" Mistress Croale was silent for a whole minute by the clock. From the moment when Gibbie forsook his dinner and his grand new friends to go with her, the woman's heart had begun to grow to the boy, and her old memories fed the new crop of affection.
The boy seems much attached to him!" "He's a laddie 'at's been gien ower till's buik sin' ever I learnt him to read mysel'," Janet answered. "But he'll be here the nicht, I'm thinkin', to see the last o' puir Gibbie, an' ye can jeedge for yersel'." It required but a brief examination of Donal to satisfy Mr. Sclater that he was more than prepared for the university.
"Weel, I wadna like the trouble nor yet the responsibility." "I daursay not." "Na. Nor yet the shame o' pretennin' to jeedge my betters," added George, now a little nettled, as was generally the result at last of Thomas's sarcastic tone. "George," said Thomas solemnly, "nane but them that has the speerit can ken the speerit."
"We'll sen' them to the hospital, and that'll ease yer min', Mirran!" "Eh, she was a dacent, mensefu, richt lo'able cratur!" cried Marion. "She never said naething to jeedge by, but I hae a glimmer o' houp 'at she may ha' been ane o' the Lord's ain." "Is that a' ye can say, mem?" interposed the soutar. "Surely ye wadna daur imaigine her drappit oot o' his han's!"
"I doobt Jean has her full share o' a' feelin's belangin' to fallen human natur'," said Mrs Mellis, with a slow horizontal oscillation of the head. "But ye jist come an' see wi' yer ain een, an' syne jeedge for yersel': it 's nae business o' mine." "I'll come the nicht, Mrs Mellis. Only lat it be atween 's twa." "I can haud my tongue, mem, that is, frae a' but ane.
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