10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SONSIER»
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sonsier in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Rachel's aye like a new preen hersel', and Willie and the weans look, on a
Sabbath morning, just for a' the warld us though they had jumped out o' band-
boxes. There isna a cantier wife, nor a sonsier batch o' bairns, nor a merrier ingle
-side in ...
2
The Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell: To which are ...
... that was wont formerly to haunt divers houses, without doing any evil, but doing
, as it were, necessary turns up and down the house ; he appeared like a rough
man, nay, some believed that their house was all the ' sonsier,' as they called it, ...
3
Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Nae sonsier dish was e'er o' plane-tree, Than thee, thou ancient pewter chantie.
MS. Poem. CHANTIE-BEAK, s. A prattling child, a chatter-box, Roxb. Apparently
from Fr. chant-er, to warble (E. chant), as expressive of cheerfulness, and bee the
...
4
The Saxon and the Gaël, Or, The Northern Metropolis: ...
... at the uneasiness and an.ger depicted on the countenance of her father, who
arose and strolled across the room, while the cunning mother continued, “
Though I say it that sud na say it, there is no a burdlier, sonsier lad, enters the kirk
door; ...
Christian Isobel Johnstone,
1814
5
The poetical works of Alexander Wilson: also his ...
®aliaHipf)itie'S Mtgg. Attend ye squads o' wabsters a', Whare'er may be your
byding, Whether ye hing ower muslins braw, Or sonsier sacks, or plaiding ; Ye'vc
lost a patriarch and mair, Whase crown Death's lang been clooring, And I'se
relate ...
6
Shakspeare and His Times
... appeared like'a rough man, and haunted divers houses withont doing any evill,
but doing as it were ne'cessarie turnes up and downe the house; yet some were
so blinded as to beleeve that their house was all the sonsier, as they called it, ...
7
Shakespeare's England: or, Sketches of our social history of ...
The King then proceeds to discourse of men-wolves, fairies, wraiths, and
Brownies, common in the time of Papistry, the latter of whom were always
supposed to be good spirits, making a house all the " sonsier." He then attacks
the Incubi and ...
8
Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: ...
... and haunted divers houses without doing any evill, but doing as it were
necessarie turnes up and downe the house ; yet some were so blinded as to
beleeve that their house was all the sonsier, as they called it, that such spirits
resorted there ...
John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps,
1854
127) " appeared like a rough man, and haunted divers houses without doing any
evill, but doing as it were necessarie turnes up and downe the house ; yet some
were so blinded as to beleeve that their house was all the sonsier, as they called
...
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The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and ...
... and haunted divers houses without doing any evill, but doing, as it were,
necessarie turns up and down the house ; yet some are so blinded as to believe
that their house was all the sonsier, as they called it, that such spirits resorted
there.