10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROOKABLE»
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brookable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brookable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Gospel of St. Matthew in Lowland Scotch, from the ...
21 Wae untill thee, сhoют! wae untill thee, Bethsaida! for gif the michty warks
whilk wer dune in yow had been dune in Tyre an' Sidon, they wad hae repentet
lang syne in sackclaeth an' assis. 22 But I say untill yow, that it sall be mair
brookable ...
Henry Scott RIDDELL, 1856
2
The English dialect dictionary
Nrf.l Hence Brookable, aofj'. endurable, tolerable. Sc. It sail be mair brookable for
the Ian' 0' Sodom, HENDERSON SI. Mall. (1362) x. 15, 6. Obs. Of clonds : to draw
together and threaten rain. With prep. up. n.Cy. GROSE (1190). Par. Amie.
3
Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language: in which the ...
A designation for a child whose face is streaked with dirt, S. BROOKABLE, adj.
What may be borne or endured, S. ; from E. brook, v. BROOM-DOG. s. An
instrument for grubbing up broom, Mearns. BROOSE, s. A race at country
weddings.
4
The Gospel of St. Matthew, Translated Into Lowland Scotch, ...
... that house or toun, daud aff the stoure frae your feet. 15 Verily I say unto you, It
sall be mair brookable for the lan' 0' Sodom an' Gomorrah in the day 34 SAUNT
MATTHEW.
Rev. George HENDERSON, 1862
5
A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
A designation for a. child whose face is streaked with dirt, S. BROOKABLE, adj.
What may be borne or endured, S.; from E. brook, 1:. BROOM-DOG, s. An
instrument for grubbing up broom, Mearns. BROOSE, s. A race at country
weddings.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
The original document was in what is known as Hanno O'Nonhanno's un—
brookable script, that is to say, it showed no signs of punctua— tion of any sort.
Yet on holding the verso against a lit rush this new book of Morses responded
most ...
James Joyce, Robbert-Jan Henkes, Erik Bindervoet, 2012
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On Some Deficiencies in Our English Dictionaries: Being the ...
... boil, H. brook up (of clouds), H. brook, sb. soot, J. brook, v.a. soil with soot,
brookable, that may be endured, J. 1861 brook-bank 3 brooket, adj. dirty 1680
brooket, brooklet 2 brookie, adj., sooty, J . brookie, sb. blacksmith, J. 1635
brooking, sb.
Richard Chenevix Trench, 1857
8
The Works of Robert Burns
Burns was naturally flattered by this attention, as appears both from his very
clever dedication and letters ; for though he was jealous of the great to an extent
that was scarcely brookable, and shunned pecuniary obligations to any of them
as ...
Robert Burns, William Motherwell, James Hogg, 1836
9
Finnegans Wake: A Plot Summary
Originating in the woman, deposited by her words and fermented in the man,
called forth by the woman's act, it is indeed, as I/5 says many times, a 'duplex' (
123.30-1), a 'pen- product of a man or woman' (108.31), a synthesis of 'un-
brookable' ...
10
The Conservative Tradition in America
The result was that while they thought self-interest the most dangerous and un-
brookable quality of man, they necessarily underwrote it in trying to control it.29
Hofstadter's conclusions are substantiated by an examination of the views of ...
Charles W. Dunn, J. David Woodard, 2003
