lassie

• And then the General carried down with his own hands a Highland gentleman's evening dress, trews of the Royal tartan, and a velvet coat with silver buttons, and a light plaid of fine cloth And this was her husband's dress that night; but why the Stewart tartan No, lassie, that is the suit the Prince wore at Holyrood, where he gave a great ball after Prestonpans, and danced with the Edinburgh ladies. —  Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers
• Just remember, Lundie, the lassie is the only marriageable white female on this frontier There is always duty for one in your line at a post, however small; but this below can be done by the Sergeant as well as by the Quartermaster-general, and better too But not better than by a regimental officer. —  Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
• He had married out of his degree, though he had more temptation to it than the other, for the lassie was very bonnie, and very young, and I dare say he thought he could learn her the ways of gentlefolks Be that as it may, the lady, Mrs. Phillips, was expecting her inlying, and her husband had trysted a skilled nurse from Melbourne, for a doctor could not be had; but when the appointed time came, the nurse had made some other engagement, and could not or would not come; nor did she send a fit person in her place. —  Mr. Hogarth's Will
• Ye'll tak 'and ye'll shield the wee lassie, and rin for the lines like a deer. —  Ballads of a Bohemian
• I am sorry for the lassie, but the law, sir, maun hae its course -- —  The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete

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