"Dree" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "John must dree his weird. Nothing anyone could say has ever influenced him. If he marries this woman she will eat his soul; having only a sham one of her own, she will devour his. She'll do very well to adorn ...
— Halcyone • Elinor Glyn
... this look which caused me to reflect that I might do well to go away and leave Saduko, Mameena, Nandie, and the rest of them to "dree their weirds," as the Scotch say, for, after all, what was my finger doing in that very hot stew? Getting burnt, I thought, and not collecting ...
— Child of Storm • H. Rider Haggard
... raging flies, The green fruit falleth in her wake, And harvest fields beneath her eyes To earth the grain unripened shake. Arise, and set the maiden free; Why should the world such sorrow dree ...
— Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. • Jean Ingelow
... else, Jerry, boy. I must dree my weird, as the Scotch say. And that's the hard part of it—to be your own judge and jury. A man ought not to be compelled to play the double role ...
— The Splendid Folly • Margaret Pedler |
