Sawney

-- P. [361] 'Ralph:' James Ralph, a name inserted after the first editions, not known to our author till he writ a swearing-piece called Sawney, very abusive of Dr Swift, Mr Gay, and himself.

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716

Of the Epistle of ELOISA, we are told by the obscure writer of a poem called Sawney, 'That because Prior's Henry and Emma charmed the finest tastes, our author writ his Eloise in opposition to it, but forgot innocence and virtue: if you take away her tender thoughts and her fierce desires, all the rest is of no value.'

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Alexander Pope 1716

Webb founder and headmaster William R. "Sawney" Webb deeded the property on which the

Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines 2010

"Sawney," the tall girl said sternly, "as you have filed objections to being tried by fire according to the ancient and honorable custom of Lakeview lambkins, you shall be treated as a robber -- No! A pirate.

Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch Annie Roe Carr

"Sawney," or any other of the numerous epithets which imply a soft condition.]

The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

"Sawney," or any other of the numerous epithets which imply a soft condition.]

The Robbers Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

The last time I mapped the nomenclature of civic and cultural Scotland's crème de la menthe, I included such cultural icons as Jim Baxter, Hot Shot Hamish and Sawney Bean, the deeply misunderstood Ayrshire cannibal who has since lent his name to a chain of high street coffee emporiums.

Great Scot, what a bunch of true heroes | Kevin McKenna 2011

The last time I mapped the nomenclature of civic and cultural Scotland's crème de la menthe, I included such cultural icons as Jim Baxter, Hot Shot Hamish and Sawney Bean, the deeply misunderstood Ayrshire cannibal who has since lent his name to a chain of high street coffee emporiums.

Great Scot, what a bunch of true heroes | Kevin McKenna 2011

Now, for his latest production, he tackles more strange, dark and hallucinatory material, inspired by the mythic 16th-century Scotsman Sawney Bean.

This week's new dance: Edinburgh special 2011

And yet, at the same time, there was separation from civilization, a la Sawney Beane: "None of the children have ever been to school; they've never been to a doctor," the undersheriff said at a press conference in Placerville.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: California Gothic 2009