"Braw" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... hens upo' the coop, Been fed this month and mair; Mak haste and thraw their necks about, That Colin weel may fare; And mak our table neat and clean, Let everything look braw, For wha can tell how Colin fared When ...
— The Universal Reciter - 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems • Various
... many both now and then. When I was at home in my father's house In the land of the naked knee, Between the eagles that fly in the lift And the herrings that swim in the sea, And now that I am a captain-man With a braw cockade in my hat - Many a name have I heard," he thought, "But never a name ...
— Ballads • Robert Louis Stevenson
... wad drink nettles in March, And eat muggins [Mugwort] in May, Sae mony braw young maidens Wad na' ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie
... children woke on the Christmas morn They chattered with might and main— For a sword and gun had little son Jack, And a braw new doll had Jane, And a packet o' nails had the twa emus; But the dour good-wife ...
— Saltbush Bill, J.P., and Other Verses • A. B. Paterson
... lit a can'le. He made three steps o't ower to Janet's door. It was on the hasp, an' he pushed it open, an' keeked bauldly in. It was a big room, as big as the minister's ain, a' plenished wi' grand, auld, solid gear, for he had nathing else. There was a fower-posted bed wi' auld tapestry; and a braw cabinet of aik, that was fu' o' the minister's divinity books, an' put there to be out o' the gate; an' a wheen duds o' Janet's lying here and there about the floor. But nae Janet could Mr. Soulis see; nor ony sign of a contention. In he gaed (an' there's few that wad ha'e ...
— Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) - Ghost Stories • Various
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