10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOCHERLESS»
Discover the use of
tocherless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tocherless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The rustic bard, or, A voice from the people; being ...
THE TOCHERLESS MAID. Bess o' the Brae had a soul-thrillin' ee, A cheek, its
marrow ye'll seldom see — A neck as white as the new dri'en snaw, Her hair had
the gleet o' the hoodie craw — A waist fu' jimp, an' leg as tight, A voice sae sweet,
...
2
The ballad book: a selection of the choicest British ballads
Fair Annet took it ill : ' I winna wed a tocherless maid Against my parents' will.' 3 O
Annet's gane off intill her bower ; Lord Thomas rode swiftly doun ; And now he
has come to his mither's ha' By the lee light o' the moon. 4 ' O sleep ye, wake ye, ...
3
Scottish proverbs, collected and arranged by A. Henderson
A fair maiden tocherless, will get mae wooers than husbands. A maid aft seen,
and a gown aft worn, are disesteemed and held in scorn. A tocherless dame
stays lang at hame. A dink maiden aft maks a dirty wife. A seven years' maiden is
aye ...
Scottish proverbs, Andrew Henderson,
1832
4
Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Your brother told you he was on the point of sailing again for Brazil on a three-
years' cruise, and that he took a heavy heart with him, having fallen in love with a
pretty tocherless Welsh lassie at Swansea. I mind he told you they would make a
...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers,
1860
5
The English dialect dictionary
(1819) xxv. Rnf. My bairne hes tocher-gud to ge yow, Raf Harp (1819) 99. (5) Sc.
A landless laird with n tocherless daughter, Scorr lVavw-lcy (1814) lxvii. Arg. The
ones with the tocher won't have me, and the tocherless girls I dare not betray, ...
6
The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
... Imight have thought it my duty to insist upon certain compliances respecting
name and bearings, whilk i now, as a landless laird wi' a tocherless daughter, no
one can blame me for departing from." Now, Heaven he praised! thought Edward,
...
7
A Complete Collection of English Proverbs: Also, the Most ...
A sillerless man gangs fast through the market. A sorrowfu' heart's ay dry. A
taking hand will never want. A tale never tines in the telling. A tocherless dame
sits lang at hame. A toom pantry maks a thriftless gude-wife. A turn weel done is
soon ...
8
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
"Ye are no a family man yet, MrDun- shnnncr, and ye maybe canna comprehend
what a comfort she has been to me. I'm auld now, and a thocht failing; but it is a
great relief to me to ken that, when I am in my grave, Maggie winna be tocherless.
9
The Monastery. A Romance. By the Author of "Waverley". In ...
... in her turn, a little nearer to the cuttie-stool on which Tibh was seated, “ weel-
favoured is past my time of day; but I might pass then, for Iwasna sae tocherless
but What I had a bit land at my breast—lace. My father Was portioner of
Littledearg.
10
The Monastery. [By Sir Walter Scott, Bart.] With the ...
“Fie , fie, cummer,” said the matron of Glendearg, hitching her seat of honour, in
her turn ,' a little nearer to the cuttie-stool on which Tibb was seated; “weel-
favoured is past my time of day; but I might pass then, for I wasna sae tocherless
but ...