10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEINNESS»
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beinness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
beinness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The book of Scottish song, collected and illustr. with hist. ...
An' she thocht a guidman a great mense to a And aft to herself she wad aich and
complain, " O, woman's a wearifu' creature alane 1" The clack o' sic beinness
brought customers routh, To crack wi' the carlin, an' slocken their drouth ; An' ...
2
Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the ...
To the east, Greenock has her suburb of Cartsdyke, with its useful but smoky and
filth-producing industries, but here all is tidy and tasteful in the extreme, while
there is an air of beinness over all which sufficiently indicates an abundance of
the ...
3
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
BEN been reduced from beinness to poverty." Edin. Mag. Oct. 1818, p. 329.
BENEFEIT, part. adj. Beneficed. " Gif it happinnis ony of the Prelatis, Clerkis, or
vther benefeit men being with thame in the said ser- uice to be slane or die in
maner ...
4
Five Songs: Whistle o'er the lave o' A. Auld Janet Baird. ...
H :\\ The claek'o'eic beinness brought customers rot t' To. crack wi'the carlin an'
slocken their drouth An' mony is tlie.wooer who vowed 'and declared, .He'd sell
his best yaud to win auld Janet Baird. an' auld Janet grevr But Janet had secretly
...
5
The Edinburgh Literary Journal: Or, Weekly Register of ...
... Jannet was there. Auld Jannet grew skeich, an' auld Jannet grew crouse, An'
she thocht a gudeman a great mense to a house, An' aft to hersell she wad sich
an' complain, " O woman's a wearifu' creature alane !" The clack o' sic beinness ...
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The Edinburgh literary journal; or, Weekly register of ...
... o' sic beinness broucht customer's remth, To crack wi' the corlin on' slocken
their drouth ; An' mony's the wooer who vow'd and declared, He'd sell his best
yaud to win auld Jannet Baird. But Jannet had secretly nourish'd for long A sort o'
...
7
The Book of Scottish Song; Collected and Illustrated with ...
... O, woman's a wearii'u' creature alane 1" The clack o' sic beinness brought
customers routh, To crack wi' the carlin, an' slocken their drouth, An' mony's the
wooer who vow'd and declared, He'd sell his best yaud to win auld Janet Baird.
Alexander WHITELAW (Poetical Antiquary.), 1857
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
... S. " Bein-like — creditable in appearance ;" Gl. Siller Gun, p. 147. Beinness, s.
Snugness in temporal circumstances, moderate wealth, S. " During the dear
years — an honest farmer— had been reduced from beinness to poverty." Edin.
Mag.
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The Ayrshire wreath, a collection of prose and verse ...
But with all these drawbacks there was an air of beinness about them, and many
o* their owners, we believe, though they conducted their commercial affairs in a
canny sort of way, not only enjoyed a life of comfort themselves, but were ...
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The English dialect dictionary
During the dear years an honest farmer had been reduced from beinness to
poverty, Blackw. Mag. (Oct. 1813) 329 {Jan}. Rnf. There's aye a bienness an'
content in cozie boddcn-grey, NIILSON Poms (1811] 44. [1. He harbourit al his
burgcssis ...
