"Greit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pairtit it them, auld man?" I said; "Was't the sea cam up ower strang? Oh, gien thegither the twa o' them gaed Their pairtin wasna lang! Or was are ta'en, and the ither left— Ane to sing, are to greit? It's sair, I ken, to be sae bereft— But there's the tide at yer feet!" "Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns, And they playt thegither i' the gloamin's hush: Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns, And pairtit the twa wi' a ...
— Poetical Works of George MacDonald, Vol. 2 • George MacDonald
... she cried, through tearing sobs, "ye canna help me, sir! There's naething 'at you or onybody can dee for me! But I'm near the mou o' the pit, and God be thankit, I'll be ower the rim o' 't or I hae grutten my last greit oot!—For God's sake gie me a ...
— Salted With Fire • George MacDonald |
