"Nonny" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ladies, sigh no more; Men were deceivers ever; One foot in sea, and one on shore; To one thing constant never: Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny; Converting all your sounds of woe Into, Hey nonny, nonny. ...
— Much Ado About Nothing • William Shakespeare [Knight edition]
... nickname, Sally was no greenhorn on occasions like this. Every harness was carefully gone over, every trace tested; the runners and cross-bars of his komatik all came in for a critical overhauling. The contents of the nonny-bag were amply replenished; the matches in the water-tight bottle were tested for dampness; his small compass was securely lashed to the chain of his belt. His one bottle of spirits, "kept against sickness," ...
— Labrador Days - Tales of the Sea Toilers • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell |
