nane

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But I know what a man will do for shining een and a winsome face--nane better to my sorrow--and twa times have I heard the Warning Stuart stood up in real perplexity.

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  • Then when she saw the anger in the mother's eyes she cries Ye'll maybe be in a mood to listen to the truth now I'm in a fine mood to have ye whipped from my doors, ye shameless Ay, shameless, madam, if I love I'll be that, but if I have a man I'll share him wi' nane, and you'll not be yourself to be believing these false tales; and you, Betty, I had thought ye had seen sorrow enough without brimming your cup over. —  The McBrides A Romance of Arran
  • She has nane, I trow! —  Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North
  • But I know what a man will do for shining een and a winsome face--nane better to my sorrow--and twa times have I heard the Warning Stuart stood up in real perplexity. —  The Golden Scorpion
  • I will tell you a nane: For this time I will that this suffise you, that it cannot be wrought well by other waie Sidenote: Whether it be better to take menne oute of townes or out of the countrie to serve COSIMO. —  Machiavelli, Volume I
  • The minister turned his back, and the housekeeper continued, like the wise woman of Tekoa, "Eh, but she was a heartsome bairn, Miss Elsie; an' a bonny--nane like till her in a' the pairish Oh, woman, can ye not hold your tongue?" —  Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
 

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