ane

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Ye see, sir, I want ye to put yersels i' the han's o' a man that kens ye baith, and the half o' yer story a'ready--ane, that is, wha'll jeedge ye truly and mercifully, and no condemn ye affhan'.

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  • I've broken many a horse afore this ane, and, Belle, I'll break you," and I watched the swarthy flush rise on the girl's face, and looked at the man's eyes and saw the reason of it Wheest, lad, wheest," she cried; "let me go to the wean Wean--ye never had a wean And then she did a queer thing. —  The McBrides A Romance of Arran
  • He said, "Od, it's a gude ane--the maist part of Ł300 a year Well," said my relative, "many of these Scotch ministers are but poorly off." —  Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
  • Ye see, sir, I want ye to put yersels i' the han's o' a man that kens ye baith, and the half o' yer story a'ready--ane, that is, wha'll jeedge ye truly and mercifully, and no condemn ye affhan'. —  Salted with Fire
  • Is she clean beyond ye Beyond me and every ither in the land but ane, and it wud cost a hundred guineas tae bring him tae Drumtochty Certes, he's no blate; it's a fell chairge for a short day's work; but hundred or no hundred we 'ill hae him, an' no let Annie gang, and her no half her years Are ye meanin' it, Drumsheugh?" —  Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush
  • Then Clementina said Did you make that song, Malcolm Whilk o' them, my leddy?--But it's a' ane--they're baith mine, sic as they are Thank you," she returned What for, my leddy For speaking Scotch to me I beg your pardon, my lady. —  The Marquis of Lossie
 

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