10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WANTHRIVEN»
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wanthriven in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
Walter Scott. gone. And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.“ Isna that ower
true a doctrine ?” said the prisoner —- “lsna my crown , my honour removed? And
what am I but a poor wasted wanthriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung out ...
2
The History of Scotish Poetry: With a Memoir and Glossary
Then Sedan bruik that God hes to the given, Sainctandros sich that thou art all
wanthriven. Elizabeth Melville, better known by the name of Lady Cul— ross, was
the daughter of Sir James Melville of Halhill, and the wife of John Colville, who in
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David Irving, John A. Carlyle, 1861
3
The spiritual-merchant: or, The art of merchandizing ...
... on, and their affairs often go to dangerous consul! on,- so likewise careless
Christians who take no care how affairs go hetwixt God and their 8ouls. com
monlie they are weak and wanthriven,or elfe dege nerate and fall from what
pitches they ...
4
The History of Scottish Poetry ... Edited by J. A. Carlyle. ...
Then Sedan bruik that God hes to the given, Sainctandros sich that thou art all
wanthriven. Elizabeth Melville, better known by the name of Lady Culross, was
the daughter of Sir James Melville of Halhill, and the wife of John Oolville, who in
the ...
David Irving, John Aitken CARLYLE, David LAING (Secretary of the Bannatyne Club.), 1861
5
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
And what am I but a poor, wasted, wanthriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung
out to wasteinthe highway, thatman and beast may treadit under foot? I thought o'
the bonny bitthemthat our father rooted out o' the yard last May, 258 Sir Walter ...
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian (Annotated)
And what am I but a poor, wasted, wanthriven tree, dug up by the roots, and flung
out to wasteinthe highway, thatman and beast may treadit under foot? I thought o'
the bonny bitthemthat our father rooted out o' the yard last May, 258 Sir Walter ...
7
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
WANRESTFC. Restless. WANRULY. a. Unruly. WANSDAY. s. Wednesday.
WANTER. s. An unmarried person. WANTHRIVEN. a. Of weakly growth.
WANWORDY. a. Unworthy. WANWORTH. s. A mere nothing in value; an
undervalue. To WAP.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
... sought after, being searched for.—n.Wan′ter, one who wants.—adj.Wan′ting
, absent: deficient: (obs.) poor. —prep. except.—n.Want′wit (Shak.),a fool.[
Scand., Ice. vant, neut. ofvanr, lacking; cog. with wane.] Wanthriven, wonthriv′n,
adj.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Pastoral Life, Edin. Month. Mag. June 1817, p. 248. 2. Thin, lean, wanthriven ;
especially applied to an animal that is very lank in the belly ; as, " the lingit cat." "
She's just like a lingit haddo ;" Roxb. LINGLE-BACK, ». " A long weak back ;" Gall.
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The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete:
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone. And mine hope hath he
removed like atree." "Isnathat owertruea doctrine?" said the prisoner "Isnamy
crown, my honour, removed? And what amI but a poor, wasted, wanthriven tree,
dug up ...
