"Ablins" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a braw sonsie laddie; an' aiblins ye need it, nor yoursel' nor any o' your noble an' deesteengueeshed family shall ne'er ask the twice a wee bit bite or ...
— The Admirable Tinker - Child of the World • Edgar Jepson
... earth; wad the King condescend to honor wi' his presence the palace o' Holyrod House, he wad experience as ardent a manifestation o' fidelity to his person and government in Auld Reekie as that shown him in Dublin, though aiblins no quite sae tumultuous; forbye, it wadna hae been amiss to hae gaen the preference to a nation whare his ancestors held sway during sae mony centuries, and whare, in the castle of Edinburgh, is still preserved the sacred regalia, with which it migh no hae been unapropos ...
— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan
... mony,' said Dandie, scratching his head; 'it's lying high and exposed: it may feed a hog, or aiblins twa in ...
— Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott
... smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, [beguiled] She charm'd my soul I wist na how; And aye the stound, the deadly wound, [pang] Came frae her een sae bonnie blue. [from] But 'spare to speak, and spare to speed'— She'll aiblins listen to my vow: [perhaps] Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead [death] To her ...
— Robert Burns - How To Know Him • William Allan Neilson
... asked him by Mr. Green, the diligent secretary. The secretary was addressed as "lad." A hat now became a "bonnet." The fine stiff speech of Glasgow was heard on every side, for the passengers were streaming through the customs. Yon were twa bonny wee brithers, aiblins ten years old, that came marching off, with bare knees and ribbed woollen stockings and little tweed jackets. O Scotland, Scotland, said our hairt! The wund blaws snell frae the firth, whispered the secretary to himself, keeking ...
— Plum Pudding - Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned • Christopher Morley
... ain kye hame, my lady," he said, "and aiblins some orra anes that was na oor ain. For-bye we raikit a' the plenishing oot o' the ha' o' Hardriding, and a bonny burden o' tapestries, and plaids, and gear we hae, to show ...
— The Gold Of Fairnilee • Andrew Lang
... James the Rose came to hide i' the Buchan woods wi' a' the Grahames rampagin' at his tail, whilk you that's a beuk-learned man 'ill hae read o', an' may be ye'll hae heard o' the saughen bush where he forgathered wi' his jo; or aiblins ye may have seen 't, for it's standing yet just at the corner o' gaukit Jamie Jamieson's peat-stack. Ay, ay, the abbey was a brave place once; but a' thing, ye ken, comes till an end." So saying, he nodded to me, and brought his glass ...
— Folk-Lore and Legends - Scotland • Anonymous
... Saunders, with a kind of sympathy for youth and inexperience in his tone; "when yer young an' gaun coortin' ye dinna think o' thae things. But bide a wee till ye gann on the same errand the second time, and aiblins the third time—I've seen the like, sir—an' a' thae things comes intil ...
— The Lilac Sunbonnet • S.R. Crockett |
