"Greit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seik het water beneith cauld ice, "Surely it is a greit folie— "I have asked grace at a graceless face, "But there is mine for my ...
— Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) • Walter Scott
... grew til! An' there's a greater nor the lass to be considert! 'Cause he seesna fit to gie me her I wad hae, is he no to hae his wull o' me? It's a gran' thing to ken a lassie like yon, an' a gran'er thing yet to be allooed to lo'e her: to sit down an' greit 'cause I'm no to merry her, wad be most oongratefu'! What for sud I threip 'at I oucht to hae her? What for sudna I be disapp'intit as weel as anither? I hae as guid a richt to ony guid 'at's to come o' that, I fancy! Gien it be a man's pairt to cairry a sair hert, it canna be his pairt ...
— Donal Grant • George MacDonald |
