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Here is one measure of it--howsoever long drawn out my sin may be, this is longer; and the white line of His love runs out into infinity, far beyond the point where the black line of my sin stops.— Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
"I deny that," said I, in a brisk manner, which I was sorry for after--"I deny that, Mr Wiggie," says I to him; "I'll make a pair of breeches with the face of clay But this was only a passing breeze, during the which, howsoever, I happened to swallow my thimble, which accidentally slipped off my middle finger, causing both me and the company general alarm, as there were great fears that it might mortify in the stomach; but it did not; and neither word nor wittens of it have been seen or heard tell of from that to this day.— The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
Before coming this length, howsoever, I should by right have observed, that ere going to bed I had eaten for my supper part of a black pudding, and two sausages, that Widow Grassie had sent in a compliment to my wife, being a genteel woman, and mindful of her friends--so that I must have had some sort of nightmare, and not been exactly in my seven senses--else I could not have been even dreaming of siccan a place.— The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
Even in my sleep, howsoever, it appears that I like free-will, and ken that there are no slaves in our blessed country; so I tried with all my might to pull against him, and gave his arm such a drive back, that he seemed to bleach over on his side, and raised a hullaballoo of a yell, that not only wakened me, but made me start upright in my bed For all the world such a scene!— The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
But, howsoever, ye're wrong ye see.— The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith

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