Sir Andrew Wylie, of that Ilk, Volume 1William Blackwood, 1822 - 336 pages |
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Page 145 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 58 - It signified not to him, whether the parties, with whom he enjoyed his leisure, were deemed douce or daft ; it was enough that their talk was cast in queer phrases, and their minds ran among the odds and ends of things. By this peculiar humour, he was preserved in his clachan simplicity ; while he made, as he often afterwards said himself, " his memory, like a wisdom-pock, a fouth of auld knick-knacketies — clues of experience, and shapings of matter, that might serve to clout the rents in the...
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Page 29 - ... and staff grasped to repel some pawkie aggression ; while, at the same time, the boys were always merrily welcomed ; for Charles had plenty of pocket money, and spent it freely.
Page 8 - Scottish boys, and a happy vernacular phraseology, which he retained through life, and which, with those who had a true relish of character, was enjoyed as something as rare and original as the more elegant endowment of genius. CHAPTER II. THE MAGPIE. ANDREW was not distinguished among- his school-fellows by any particular predilection for those amusements in which the boys of a country school are so adventurous ; yet he was always a desired member of their nesting parties in the spring, and nutting...
Page 58 - He was distinguished from all the lads of his own age, for the preference which he gave to the knacky conversation of old and original characters. It signified not to him, whether the parties, with whom he enjoyed his leisure, were deemed douce or daft; it was enough that their talk was cast in queer phrases, and their minds ran among the odds and ends of things. By this peculiar humour, he was preserved in his clachan simplicity; while he made, as he often afterwards said...
Page 58 - He was also distinguished from all the lads of his own age, for the preference which he gave to the knacky conversation of old and original characters. It signified not to him, whether the parties, with whom he enjoyed his leisure, were deemed douce...