10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENSELESS»
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menseless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
menseless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
N.Cy.I Would have their menseful-penny spent With gossips at a merriment,
Callirr's ll't-dding. ltllab.l [1. Dis maner . . . is menskefull & noble, Wars Alex. (c-
1450) 2953-] _ MENSELESS, adj. Sc. n.Cy.Cum. Yks. Also \vr1tten menceless w.
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Sketches from Nature, and other poems
Alexander MACLAGAN. Thou boasted ance thy lands to ploughA but, a ben, and
am'ry fouBut where the mischief are they now? Puir tauntin', vauntin' body. Now
thou'st neither milk nor mealSenseless body, menseless bodyButtered cake, nor
...
3
George Beattie, of Montrose. A poet, a humourist, and a man ...
He scorn'd to soak 'mang weirdless1 fellows, Wi' menseless'z bazils in an
alehouse ; Enough he deem'd as good's a feast, That excess made the man a
beast. The lawin' paid, an a' thing snod, He soon was skelpin' on the road; Quick
past the ...
A. S. Mt CYRUS (pseud. [i.e. Alexander Smith.]), 1863
The third part of the Lands and Barony of Dirleton, Brabryn Park, Highfield,
Menseless, and Menseless-muir ; the Town and Lands of Dirleton, and Lordship
thereof, with Coallieries and Fishings in salt and fresh water, with the Patronage
of the ...
Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, 1827
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Transactions of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth
The third part of the Lands and Barony of Dirl'eton, Brahryn Park, Highfield,
Menseless, and Menseless~muir; the Town and Lands of Dirleton, and Lordship
thereof, with Coallieries and Fishings in salt and fresh water, with the Patronage
of the ...
Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, 1827
6
The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life
To mend. " Ye may en' him, butye'll never men' him." Scots Prov. Ittense. Good
manners, decorum. " Thair manhead and thair mense." Priests ofPeblis,
Menseless. Ill-bred, rude, impudent. " As menseless as a tinkler's messan." Scots
Saying.
Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, 1834
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Captain Rock in London, Or, The Chieftain's Weekly Gazette
Thou menseless(/>) vagrant ! Yon gic a stang (9) that makes them claw. An' then '
tis flagrant. Baith high an' low you creep amang, In rich an' poor you fix your stang
; Where'er yon find a hook to hang Your bluidy bonnet, In vain you're met wi' ...
Michael James Whitty, 1825
Burns interprets the word menseless to be " ill- bred, rude, impudent," which Mr.
Chambers utterly ignores, and inserts the word " senseless" as the true meaning
in the margin ; whereby he shows not only his disregard of his author, but his ...
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National songs and ballads
Now thou'st neither milk nor meal — Senseless body, menseless body —
Buttered cake, nor kebbuck heel — Auld senseless, menseless body : Now thou'
st neither milk nor meal — Weel stock'd byre, nor cosy biel, Ye're dancin' daily to
the ...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series ...
An' warn him, what I winna name, To stay content wi' yowes at hame j An' no to
rin an' wear his c loots, Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. " An, niest my
yowie, silly thing, Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! O, may thou ne'er forgather
up ...
John Aikin, John Frost, 1843
