 | Scottish proverbs - 1832 - 628 pages
...Scottish words not now in use, they must be borne with, because if you alter these words, the Proverbs will have no grace. And so recommending these Proverbs to thy good use, I bid thee farewell. THE PUBLISHER. " at London in 1721.* Saving what may be gleaned from the volume itself, we know nothing... | |
 | John Row - Scotland - 1842 - 654 pages
...preaching the Word, and his ordinar talking, ever almost using proverbiall speeches, will not limit' fault with this that hee hath done. And whereas there...grace : And so recommending these Proverbs to thy good u«e, I bid thee farewell." A few extracts from the Session-Book of Carnock, subsequent to the death... | |
 | John Row - 1842 - 282 pages
...old Scottish words, not in use now, bear with that, because if ye alter those words, the Proverb wUl have no grace : And so recommending these Proverbs to thy good use, I bid thee farewell." A few extracts from the Session-Book of Carnock, subsequent to the death of John Row, may be here introduced,... | |
 | John Row - Scotland - 1842 - 662 pages
...some old Scottish words, not in use now, bear with that, because if ye alter those words, the I'ruverb will have no grace : And so recommending these Proverbs to thy good use, 1 bid thee farewell." V A few extracts from the Session-Book of Carnock, subsequent to the death of... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Fiction - 1859 - 240 pages
...have thought good to * This probably throws back the collection to about the middle of the century. put them to the presse for thy better satisfaction....those words, the proverb will have no grace ; and so, reccommending these proverbs to thy good use, I bid thee farewell." I give a few of these verbatim,... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Fiction - 1860 - 328 pages
...of good old Scotch. i This probably throws back the collection to about the middle of the century. I The printer, in this address, " to the merrie, judicious,...correctness of which, however, I am' not quite confident : — .did A year a nurish,1 seven year a da.1 Refers, I presume, to fulfilling the maternal office.... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Fiction - 1861 - 328 pages
...order of the alpha1 This probably throws back the collection to about the middle of the century. bet; and manie of all ranks of persons, being verie desirous...which, however, I am not quite confident: — A .year a nurish, 1 seven year a da. 2 Refers, I presume, to fulfilling the maternal office. Anes payit never... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1867 - 336 pages
...are some old Scottish * This probably throws back the collection to about the middle of the century. words not in use now, bear with that, because if ye...which, however, I am not quite confident:— A year a nurish, 1 seven year a da.' Refers, I presume, to fulfilling the maternal office Anes payit never cravit.... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1874 - 534 pages
...his ordinar talking, ever almost using proverbiall speeches, will not finde fault with this that he hath done. And whereas there are some old Scottish...farewell." I now subjoin a few of Fergusson's Proverbs, ver* This probably throws back the collection to about the middle of the century. batim, which are... | |
 | Edward Bannerman Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1877 - 306 pages
...pains to gather such proverbs together ; but they that knew his forme of powerfull preaching the woid, and his ordinar talking, ever almost using proverbiall...which, however, I am not quite confident : — A year a nurish,1 seven year a da.2 Refers, I presume, to fulfilling the maternal office. Anes pay it never... | |
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I know that there may be some that will say and marvell that a minister should have taken pains to gather such proverbs together ; but they that knew his forme of powerfull preaching the word, and his ordinar talking, ever almost using proverbiall speeches,... 
