"Braw" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... said our student, nodding after him. "He's a lawyer in Edinburgh, and a braw hand at the stringin' of verses. Wattie ...
— The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle
... "Oh yes, its very braw," answered Sandy,—but she could obtain no further expression of admiration from him, for having lived near the loch nearly all his life, he saw nothing ...
— Norman Vallery - How to Overcome Evil with Good • W.H.G. Kingston
... it to me i' pennies an' ha'pennies, Maister Traill. It seems mair, an' mak's a braw jinglin' ...
— Greyfriars Bobby • Eleanor Atkinson
... he, evidently surprised at the absurdity of the question, "by his croun, of course. The king has ae braw croun o' white an black fedders, an' I'se reckon ye's never seen a guse like that ava'—hae ye ...
— Adrift in the Ice-Fields • Charles W. Hall
... kent it fine, An', Sandy, I'll be sworn The knowledge o' the fac' was mine Or ever I was born; If there be ane wad daur maintain The truth is still to settle, I haena met the madman yet In bonny braw Kingskettle. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, March 28, 1917 • Various
... lassie," she lowered her voice, "jist to speak quiet like to Maister Coulson. Ah want to know jist how he's fixed." She pointed with her thumb towards the big, red brick house of Jake Martin. "He tells me braw tales aboot his siller, but ah'm jalousin' he's no tae be trusted. The first time he cam' sparkin', he tauld me he wes jist fufty-sax, an' then ah catchet him up aboot hoo auld he wes the time he cam' to these pairts, an' anither time ah got it oot o' him hoo lang yon wes afore the railroad wes ...
— 'Lizbeth of the Dale • Marian Keith
... orange glow on their faces, and who cursed and spat to show they would some-day be men. Richard and Ellen had to stand back for a moment while a horse was led out; and as it passed a paunchy farmer jocularly struck it between the eyes and roared, "Ye're no for me, ye auld mare, wi' your braw beginnings of the ringbone!" And there was so much glee at the mention of deformity in the thick voice, and so much patience in the movement of the mare's long unshapely head, that the incident was as unpleasing ...
— The Judge • Rebecca West
... "Then she's just a braw lassie, Miss Flora, nae mair and nae less; and she'll bring ye a' mickle gude, and ...
— Out in the Forty-Five - Duncan Keith's Vow • Emily Sarah Holt
... a vera stiff brae, an' ere we wan up to the kirk, it was gyaun upon eleyven o'clock. "Hooever," says the mannie, "we'll be in braw time; it's twal ere the sattlement begin, an' I'se warran they sanna apen the kirk-doors till's till than." So we tak's a luik roun' for ony kent fowk. They war stannin' aboot a'gate roun' aboot the kirk, in scores an' hunners, fowk fae a' the pairis'es ...
— English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day • Walter W. Skeat |
