10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAWKINESS»
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pawkiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pawkiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pleasant Memories of a Busy Life
There was something about him which ensured good luck. That something was
canniness or pawkiness. Canniness or pawkiness means an unobtrusive
selfishness, — a looking after number one while apparently not neglecting
number two ...
2
The Diary of a Lady-in-waiting
however, had the delinquent quitted the room, when his Grace recollected that
the five daughters with each three brothers, only made a family of eight ; and he
laughed at the poacher's pawkiness.* LETTER VIII. Dear [ ], — It is a curious law
of ...
Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, Archibald Francis Steuart, 1908
Dr. Cameron is not a native of the parish, but writes with subdued enthusiasm,
with the care and accuracy of a scholar, and not without a certain amount of
pawkiness and humour. The parish is not one that stands out very distinctly in the
...
William Musham Metcalfe, Ruaraidh Erskine, 1899
4
Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: ...
Scarcely, however, had the delinquent quitted the room, when his Grace
recollected that the five daughters with each three brothers, only made a family of
eight, and he laughed at the poacher's pawkiness.* LETTER VIII. Dear It is a
curious ...
George (Great Britain, King, IV.), 1838
5
Diary illustrative of the times of George the fourth, ...
Scarcely, however, had the delinquent quitted the room, when his Grace
recollected that the five daughters with each three brothers, only made a family of
eight ; and he laughed at the poacher's pawkiness.* LETTER VIII. Dear It is a
curious ...
Charlotte Susan M. Bury (lady.), John Galt, 1838
6
Jottings in Prose and Verse
In reading a complete collection of Scottish proverbs, the peculiar ideas which
they suggest are caution, pawkiness, and mother wit—and these are the
prominent features of the national character. They are the poor man's lore,
extracted from ...
7
Our Coaching Trip: Brighton to Inverness
As Mr. Carnegie, however, spoke about his pawkiness, he supposed that the best
way to show his pawkiness was to be as short as possible. He had, therefore,
only to return his sincere thanks to the company for so cordially drinking his
health ...
8
Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: ...
Scarcely, however, had the delinquent quitted the room, when his Grace
recollected that the five daughters with each three brothers, only made a family of
eight ; and he laughed at the poacher's pawkiness* LETTER VIII. Dear It is a
curious ...
Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury, John Galt, 1838
9
Diary Illustration of the Times of George the Fourth ...
... but do not repeat the offence." Scarcely, however, had the delinquent quitted
the room, when his Grace recollected that the five daughters with each three
brothers, only made a family of eight, and he laughed at the poacher's pawkiness
.* ...
Charlotte Maria Bury, 1838
FOREWORD. LNNINESS grew up during the centuries of Scotland's poverty
when extreme thrift was a necessity. To the present generation it comes as an
inherited gift. In Aberdeen it almost amounts to genius. The origin of pawkiness is
less ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAWKINESS»
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pawkiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Meet Me in St Louis (Landor)
Impossible, of course, for sweet Georgia Permutt to get anywhere near Garland's incandescent pawkiness in the role of Esther, the most ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Dec 13»
