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  • Dougal underwent another and very close examination, in which he steadfastly asserted the truth of what he had before affirmed; and being rebuked on account of the suspicious and dangerous appearance of the route by which he was guiding them, he answered with a sort of testiness that seemed very natural, “Her nainsell didna mak ta road; an shentlemans likit grand roads, she suld hae pided at Glasco.”

    Rob Roy 2005

  • Then that one get two horses and ridem likit Fish River.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • Him give him medicine like; then wake up and go on likit that.

    Robbery Under Arms 2004

  • Ma ain girlie, wee Kirsty, -- she likit them fine, but I forbade her.

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • "The nicht's near gane," he said, "an 'I'll sleep nae mair; for I aye likit to greet the mornin' licht."

    St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles

  • "My ain conscience, my lord, or Mr. Graham gien ye likit."

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

  • O-- oo, no; just a wee pickle siller, but nae man likit to lose onything.

    Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

  • Forbye, he was seeck, seeck unto death, and I saw mair in his een than I likit to think.

    The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

  • By the auld law your debt still stands, and if I likit I could seek anither pledge.

    The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

  • They say that there's a road to the ill Place there, and when the Deil likit he sent up the lowe and garred the water faem and fizzle like an auld kettle.

    The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

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