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...o- nies out of sight lest they should disgust the magnates. But these are “sma’ sums, sma’ sums,” as Bailie Jarvie says; and smallness of any kind has...

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...adly spake that ladye fair, Wi’ a frown upon her brow: “O dearer to me is my sma’ doggie Than a dozen sic’ as thou! “Nae use, nae use for sighs and te...

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...gran’ stramash Thegether fa’; The rumlin’ kist o’ whustles smash In pieces sma’. Noo choose ye out a walie hammer; About the knottit buttress clam’er;...

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... ben. The meneester himsel’ dinna gae about blessing and praying over ilka sma’ matter like the meenest of us here, and for a’ the din they make at ha... ...sp- 97 Yo n g e ing the merchant’s hand, almost beside himself with joy. ‘Sma’ hope wad there be of a callant like yersel’ and the wean there winning... ...e siller. Four hunder piastres of T unis, not countin’ zeechins, and other sma’ coin.’ ‘Shall I send them to any one at Eyemouth?’ T am almost laughed...

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...he Deacon. “Assuredly not, Mrs. Mac-Candlish; assuredly not. I am sure ony sma’ thing they might want frae my shop, under seven, or eight, or ten poun... ...dy shook her head significantly) they’re sairest on him e’en now. I have a sma’ matter due mysell, but I would rather have lost it than gane to turn t... ...ied?—are you sure of that?” “T roth, am I,” said Dinmont, “for it made nae sma’ noise in the countryside. He died just at the roup of the stocking and... ...n had left any property or papers about the inn. “Troth, he put a parcel—a sma’ parcel, under my charge, and he gave me some siller, and desired me to... ...ot Sae dooms [Absolutely] likely that he would go down into battle wi’ sic sma’ means.” 227 Sir Walter Scott Glossin extricated himself from the Deac... ... little Jenny Gibson get?” “A hundred, and the auld repeater.” “That’s but sma’ gear, puir thing; she had a sair time o’t with the auld leddy. But it’...

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...nna take booty in the wars as they did lang syne, and the queen’s pay is a sma’ matter; there’s nae gathering gear on that—and then my grandame’s auld...

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...ved he was writin’ a book himsel’, which was surely no fittin’ for ane of his years an’ sma’ experience. Onyway it behoved him to get an auld, decent ...

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... Melville o’ Cairnvreckan, and ca’ me laird, or captain, or honour;—no; my sma’ means, whilk are not aboon twenty thousand merk, have had the blessing... ...to have siccan a light to their paths! I hae been as far as Muscovia in my sma’ trad- ing way, as a travelling merchant; and I hae been through France... ...t the article Contract of Marriage, and prepared to make what he called a ‘sma’ minute, to prevent parties frae resiling. 400 Waverley With some diff...

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...It sorted him weel, I say.’ ‘Aweel!’ continued the first; ‘gane is he, and sma’ loss wi’ him! An’ yon old beldame over at St. Abbs, she kens weel how ...

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.... “Ay, it’s him,” says Sandie. “Or ane in the likeness o’ him,” says grandfaither. “Sma’ is the differ,” quo’ Sandie. “De’il or warlock, I’ll try the ...

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..., All o’ the sweetest flowers That in the garden grow. The turtle doves and sma’ birds In every bough a building, So early in the May time At the break...

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...l’ i’ in the’ e spring’, I in A’ pril’, Ma’ ay, a’ nd sun’ ny’ June’, When sma’ all bi’ irds they’ do’ sing. ‘Well put out of hand,’ said Coggan, at t...

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...n —bring me a gill of sherry.’ ‘Sherry’s but shilpit drink, and a gill’s a sma’ measure for twa gentlemen to crack ower at their first acquaintance. B...

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... the arguments offered against their justice or expediency. “There’s Eppie Sma’trash will trust us for ale,” said Caleb to himself—”she has lived a’ h... ...from his companion as soon as possible, he directed Mr. Lockhard to Luckie Sma-trash’s change-house, where a din, proceeding from the revels of Buckla... ... his hand, he said, “Here is twal pennies, my man; carry that ower to Mrs. Sma’trash, and bid her fill my mill wi’ snishing, and I’ll turn the broche ... ...ray. “I saw the Lord Keeper’s servants drinking and driving ower at Luckie Sma’trash’s, ower-bye yonder.” “And is their maister up at Wolf ’s Crag?” s... ...t tarry the christening dinner; and that he had taen the freedom to send a sma’ runlet of sack, and ane anker of brandy , as he understood there were ... ...reshment, and the poor fellow had been ill for twenty-four hours at Luckie Sma’trash’s, in consequence of dining upon “saut saumon and sour drink.” So... ...kle pease-strae! Haud to the right, gentlemen, I implore ye; there is some sma’ provision making at Luckie Sma’trash’s; but oh, wae for this night, an... ...were to get it in gude earnest, 252 Bride of Lammermoor of whilk there is sma’ appearance, unless the Master learns mair the ways of this warld, whil... ...every mutation or change in the state had hitherto been productive of some sma’ advantage to him in his ain quiet affairs; but that the present had—pi...

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...d nae mair: a piece of fun, like! I’m no denying but what I’m fond of fun, sma’ blame to me! But for onything sarious– hout, man, it might come to a d...

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...d Stephen, shaking his head. ‘They taks such as offers. Haply ’tis na’ the sma’est o’ their misfortuns when they can get no better.’ The wind began to...

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...ght days, man, I was aboard the Grotkau, an’ not one full meal did I make. Sma’ blame her crew would not stay by her. The other man? Oh I warked him w...