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  • I wad likeit weel just to hae come in at the clipping-time, and gien him a lounder wi 'my pike-staff; he wad hae taen it for a bennison frae some o' the auld dead abbots.

    The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • I wad likeit weel just to hae come in at the clipping-time, and gien him a lounder wi 'my pike-staff; he wad hae taen it for a bennison frae some o' the auld dead abbots.

    The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • “Ou, ay, my leddy, we are blinded that live in this valley of tears and darkness, and hae a’ ower mony errors, grit folks as weel as sma’ — but, as I said, my puir bennison will rest wi’ you and yours wherever I am.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • "Ou, ay, my leddy, we are blinded that live in this valley of tears and darkness, and hae a 'ower mony errors, grit folks as weel as sma' -- but, as I said, my puir bennison will rest wi 'you and yours wherever I am.

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • "Ou, ay, my leddy, we are blinded that live in this valley of tears and darkness, and hae a 'ower mony errors, grit folks as weel as sma' -- but, as I said, my puir bennison will rest wi 'you and yours wherever I am.

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • I wad likeit weel just to hae come in at the clipping-time, and gien him a lounder wi’ my pike-staff; he wad hae taen it for a bennison frae some o’ the auld dead abbots.

    The Antiquary 1584

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