human
Has John come yet?
gpt
No, sir,
human
Most extraordinary! What are we to do? I see no help for it, but you must take John's place yourself for a day.
gpt
Ah, no, sir, replied the beadle,
human
I couldna dae that. Aiblins I could tak' _your_ place, but I couldna tak' John's.
gpt
O Lord, we pray thee to send us wind, no' a rantin' tantin' wind; but a noohin' (noughin?) soughin', winnin' wind.
human
Hech, sirs, it's an awfu' world this; a body canna say a thing in a joke, but it's ta'en in earnest.
gpt
Tables of
human
The Law
gpt
The Law for brevity's sake:
human
How many tables, Janet, are there in the law?
gpt
Indeed, sir, I canna just be certain, was the simple reply;
human
Eating Among the Brutes
gpt
Dr. M'C----, ye bring me in mind of the great king Nebuchadnezzar ; and the company were beginning to titter at the ludicrous allusion, when the reverend devourer of cresses replied:
human
Ay, do I mind ye o' Nebuchadnezzar? That'll be because I'm eating among the brutes, then.
gpt
I know what sort o' heaven you'd pe wanting, shouted an earnest and excited Highland minister in the ears of an apathetic congregation, to whom he had delivered, without any apparent effect, a vivid and impressive address on the glory of heaven;
human
I know what sort o' heaven you'd pe wantin'. You'd pe wantin' that all the seas would pe hot water, that all the rivers would pe rivers of whiskey, and that all the hills and mountains would be loaves o' sugar. That's the sort o' heaven you'd pe wantin'; moreover, he added, warming to his work,
gpt
Oh, sir, well do I like the day when you preach!
human
My good woman, I am glad to hear it! There are too few like you. And why do you like when I preach?
gpt
Oh, sir, she replied,
human
Haste and
gpt
Leisure
human
I said in my haste all men are liars.
gpt
Ay, premised the minister by way of introduction,
human
Making Hay While the Sun Shines
gpt
Oh, nae doot, sir, nae doot; but do ye no' ken the reason?
human
No, not a bit of it, said the stranger hastily.
gpt
Weel, then, replied the host,
human
Sirs, I am come to be your shepherd, and you must be my sheep, and the Bible will be my tar bottle, for I will mark you with it ; and laying his hand on the clerk or precentor's head, he said:
gpt
Andrew, you shall be my dog.
human
The sorra bit of your dog will I be, said Andrew.
gpt
O, Andrew, you don't understand me; I speak mystically, said the preacher.
human
Yes, but you speak mischievously,
gpt
After several attempts to induce her memory to recur to a particular circumstance, the barrister angrily observed,
human
Surely you must remember this fact--surely you can call to mind such and such a circumstance. The witness answered,
gpt
I ha' tauld ye I can't tell; but if ye know so much mair about it than I do (pointing to the judge), do'e tell maister yerself.
human
Lord, pity the chiel that's chained to our Davy!
gpt
Hoot fie, my lord, said the officer,
human
gpt
Yes, answered his lordship,
human
Come down, sir, immediately, was the peremptory and indignant call; and on Sam remaining unmoved, it was repeated with still greater energy. Sam, however, very confidentially replied, looking down from his elevation,
gpt
Na, na, meenister, just ye come up wi' me. This is a perverse generation, and faith, they need us baith.
human
has made it the fashion to pronounce the law term curator curator. Lord Mansfield gravely corrected a certain Scotch barrister when in court, reprehending what appeared to English usage a false quantity, by repeating--
gpt
Curator, sir, if you please. The barrister immediately replied,
human
I am happy to be corrected by so great an orator as your lordship.
gpt
But where is your security? said he, when the poor fellow replied:
human
God Almighty is my bondsman in providence; he is the only security I have to offer. So singular a reply of a despairing man smote the feelings of the bishop, and he thus replied:
gpt
It is the first time certainly that such a security was ever offered to me; and since it is so, take the money, and may Almighty God, your bondsman, see that it does you good.
human
Hoot, mon, said a gentleman standing by, who did not know who she was,
gpt
human
No, replied an eminent banker,
gpt
Ye are ower pridefeu', Davie Miller. I mind ye i' the warld when ye had neither cow nor ewe.
human
Very well, replied Mr. Miller, mildly,
gpt
I remember you when you had both.
human
Doubtless these intimations were not to be despised. As yet, however, the designs of heaven were but imperfectly explained, as they had been revealed to only one of the parties. He would wait to see if any similar communication should be made to himself, and whenever it happened he would be sure to let her know.