10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OWRECOME»
Discover the use of
owrecome in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
owrecome and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Panmure set aff an' reached the wa', His limbs refused the sudden ca', Owrecome
wi' fricht an' chilled in blood, He stricken fell wi' fearfu' thud ; Bereft o' heart, his
crony crew Like lichtnin' frae the kirkyaird flew ; Alang the road they ran ...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
OWRECOME. s. The issue ; the surplus. To OWRGANG. v. a. To overrun ; to
overcome. To OWRHAUL. v. a. To overhaul. OWRHEAD. ad. Wholly ; without
distinction. OWRESHIP. ad. Way of fetching a blow with the hammer over the arm
.
3
Evening Hours: Poems and Songs
Twa bairnies toddlin at the fit, An' aiblins ane upon the knee, Gar life appear an
unco faught, An' mony hae the like to dree; But cherub lips an' kisses sweet Keep
aye a mither's heart aboon, Although the owrecome 0' the sang Is “ woman's ...
4
The Poems of Allan Ramsay
... nor carts do a third wheel. But Peggy, dearer to me than my breath, Sooner
than hear sic news, shall hear my death. ROGER. "They wha have just enough
can soundly sleep, The owrecome only fashes fowk to keep." — Good master
Patrick ...
Allan Ramsay, George Chalmers, Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, 1877
5
Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology
1 Wi sang aa> birds and beasts could I owrecome, With song all Aa men and
wemen o' the mapamound> subdue; world The flouers o' the fields, o from
Collected Poems, 1941–1975, introd. Hugh McDiarmid, London: John Calder,
1975, pp.
6
By Heath and Prairie: (Scottish and American Poems)
For my fit maun pree the heather on my native Scotia's shore, An' my auld hert
sing the owrecome o' the gowden days o' yore; O! the freens o' auld langsyne,
wull their cracks be aye the same As in days whan they forgaithered in oor auld ...
7
The Laird's Lykewake and Other Poems
But them wha sing the winning sang Mak' this the golden owrecome — Creep an'
cringe ! beck an' boo ! Claw you me, an' I'll claw you ! Are ye the shaving o' a man
, Wi' copper wits worth tippence 1 A's richt, if ye but keep your han' Weel ...
Alexander G. Murdoch, 1877
The lavrock lilts fu' bonnilie, The mavis sings sae cheerie, The owrecome o' their
sang Was " welcome hame, my dearie." They sang " I see a bonnie ship A' o'
aiken timmer, An' the mast o' ivorie, An' the bauks o' siller, An' the thrums o' silken
...
9
A book of poems: democratic chants and songs in English and ...
It is a gey lans: time since then, But still we see nae change in men, Ay, tho' His
Word is preached on Sundays, Its little grip is lowsed on Mondays. Indeed it
seems that naething can Owrecome the evil born in man, Or cfi'e a bias that wad
tend ...
10
Poems, songs, and sonnets
... like a staggerin' stirk half-fell'd ; For whether it was that the voice unkent had
something o' dreid in itsel', Or whether my heart got a haud o' the words, like the
owrecome o' some auld sang, I never took tent, but an awsome chill on the heat o
' ...
