英语词汇“muckle”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Donatello's tiny cherub bursting with mirth as he shakes a tambourine had more eloquence in its single up-curled toe than all the muckle monuments of Rodin, the only conventional choices in this show. Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 4 – Bronze at the Royal Academy of Arts 2012-12-18T10:44:34Z

Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images The 20th century, on the other side, opens with not one but two spaces devoted to the muckle works of Henry Moore. Walk Through British Art – review 2013-05-18T14:59:01Z

But they are by no means a team, these muckle men, with their proud and resentful expressions. Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures – review 2012-09-29T23:05:27Z

There’s a Jamaican phrase, “Every mickle mek a muckle,” which means “Every little bit adds up.” Is 'The Most Homophobic Place on Earth' Turning Around? 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Many a mickle makes a muckle NECESSITY, so the proverb has it, is the mother of invention. Crowdfunding science: Many a mickle makes a muckle 2012-10-18T15:26:19Z

TEN minutes later, and without, as Jane Sheepshanks said, "so muckle as a sponge or a brush-and-comb being laid upon them," the three stood before their father. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z

We should do him a muckle Pleasure, As ye in your Books may read at leisure.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z

I have a good woman and three bairn at home, and a thousand dollars would be a muckle fortune for us, but I dinna expect sich luck to come my way. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z

Put muckle to muckle, and little to wee? The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z

She was a sweet bit lassie, but she was frail in the constitootion, ye see, and the hard famishing winter was ower muckle for her feeble frame. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z

“There’s muckle we need an’—” “I’ll go if you give me a cookie,” promised Dot. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z

“Tam was one o’ these canny Highlanders, and he made up his mind after muckle thought to spend a week in London. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z

Ten miles to ride, and the evening spent discussing "muckle harts" and their haunts on the neighbouring wilds. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z

We make muckle ado about our gains and our pains, our loves and our losses, forgetting that ‘our days are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.’ The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

"Scotland," as one of her own sons has expressed it, "is a wee bit country," but possessed of "muckle pith and spirit." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z

I may not ken muckle, neither do ye. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z

Cakes, milk, cheese, herrings, tea, and honey, a' disappeared; and naething remained but a blush o' shame on her bonny cheek, to tell how muckle abashed she was at her good appetite. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z

Next morning finding his watch motionless, and meeting his comrade, says to him, "Och! she no be care muckle about a watch, an' you be like mine, what will ye gi'e me for her?" Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z

“She thinks muckle o’ Tam, it seems,” said Mr Dawson laughing. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

“Let him go,” I said to his companion, who sided with me; “little wit in the head makes muckle work for the heels;” and we took a course to the east. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z

He was muckle pleased, he said, to be singled out for any woman's favor. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z

An’ I had pity on the cratur, for her face was the size o’ a muckle pot, an’ lek nothin’ under the sun. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z

Lawyer Angus, at the meeting, spoke against new-fangled things; "Seems to me our preacher's bow, friends, has a muckle lot of strings." The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z

I think myself that a walk would do you good, or a fine long seam, such as your mother used to give you to do, when your restlessness was ower muckle for yourself and others. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

I made sae muckle at shearing, the last year, that it's no a' done yet.' The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z

It was just like a street in a toun; the cabins, on each side, like raws o' houses; and, farder on, as far as ane could see, a raw o' muckle guns a' standing abreast. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16

I'm sure, muckle trouble and thocht it has cost us, curate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15

I daresay your honesty and mine are muckle about a par. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14

I did as I was ordered by the body, and he next caused Miss Cochrane to take me by the right hand, and repeat a few words after him, muckle to the same effect. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13

"Do as I bid you now, Keatie, and lippen the rest to me.—Ah, she is a niggard, Mr Dobson, and has muckle need of a little schooling to open her heart." The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z

In that howe stood the minister, upon a muckle stane that has been lang syne removed; and the congregation sat upon the brae around him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10

"Ye're a bonny ane indeed, to stand as unconcerned as if ye were the steeple, when the hale house is turned heels owre head to see how muckle that scoundrel has carried aff wi' him." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15

And muckle mends it makes to say ye are sorry for it! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14

To add to my vexation, Maister Brown, the stream began suddenly to clear, while the fish, from the quantity o' food that covered the water, grew lazy, and would not so muckle as move. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13

And it's nae muckle safer for an auld stiff man like me to gang away out to a wild remote place, where there is ae body murdering another.—What is that I hear, Bessie? The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z

And by the faith o' the auld kirk, ye hae muckle time to ponder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7

It may do good too to that "muckle ne'er-do-weel," Human Nature, who is still enjoying his grin at the schoolmaster, the philanthropist, and the bible. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5

She shall bide in the cove behind the muckle oven, where three times a week Jeremy bakes the bread. Deep Moat Grange

And the next minute she and her neighbour doubled the corner o' the loaning, and struck into the path which led down to the minister's, without so muckle as saying, "Guid e'en to ye, sir!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13

Alack-a-day! we get the blame o' muckle that we little deserve. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z

“As you ken, Rintoul’s so little o’ a Scotchman that he’s no muckle better than an Englisher. The Little Minister

"Little hand clasps muckle gold, or it were not worth the hold Of thy son, good uncle mine!" The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II

“What the h—— was that for, ye muckle galoot?” he threw at me. The Black Watch A Record in Action

"What have ye got, faither?" exclaimed Rebecca, breathlessly, who possessed no small portion of her father's pride; "how muckle is't?—will we can keep a coach?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13

"Ay, if a' tales be true, the king admired them when he saw them, as muckle as ye could do, sir," continued the laird. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9

"What can there be in my simple, natural, and reasonable question, to astonish folk sae muckle?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative

"There's not so muckle change," said the doctor, "when it comes to sweethearting." Molly Brown's Sophomore Days

Anything to get off this deadhead beat the muckle heads have us on. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.

It is the pennies that make the dollars; it is the "many mites that make the muckle." With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul

There is na muckle good in drawing inferences from imaginary evils. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago

Where the "wee and the muckle wheel," with the aged dames, in pletted toys, singing "Tarry woo?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative

Right carefully I kept the cover of every heather bush, peat hag, muckle grey granite stone, and waving clump of bracken. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway

No wonder that I soon consented, And muckle less that I repented. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews

To the north; well, there’s no muckle to be gained by going north; neither for you, that wants to get to Queensferry, nor yet for me, that wants to get to France. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)

Assuredly ye did na kill him, and folks canna a'ways say as muckle for ye. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago

"I'm no sure if there's muckle practical truth in a' this, deacon," said Andrew, smiling good-naturedly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11

"That is as muckle as is good for you"—she looked at him with the light of attraction in her eyes—"afore folk," she added, with a glance at him that I could not fathom. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway

I learned the truth, Wi' mental pain and muckle ruth. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews

In yon great muckle house, with all these domestics, upper and under, show yourself as nice, as circumspect, as quick at the conception, and as slow of speech as any. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25)

“If we were all as diligent and as conscientious as the devil,” observed an old Scotch woman to her minister, “it wad be muckle better for us.” Devil Stories An Anthology

It's the bed yer bonny mither got a soon' sleep in at last, an' muckle was she i' need o' 't! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877.

She was muckle the better o' a man, was she no? The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway

“My word!” he added sourly, “this is na trail–juist a scratch on the mountainside–an’ the muckle rocks they’re a flail for beating the breath out of a puir body.” Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl

"Oh, muckle is the powerful grace That lies in herbs." Stevenson Memorial Cook Book

Whether that were better than the utilitarian Scotchman's green woods, he did not say just now, nor have spirit even to answer Davidson's sarcastic remarks on his 'muckle clearin'.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement

It is no muckle worth: but ye should na look a gien horse in the moo’.—Yours ever, R. L. Stevenson. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25)

"There's a lass by yon burnside that will do as muckle for you; but dinna bide to speer her leave!" she cried to me over her shoulder, a word which it was hard to understand. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway

I told them it was nonsense; muckle they cared! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)

I mind the fecht the sailors keep, But fire or can’le, rest or sleep, In darkness an’ the muckle deep; An’ mind beside The herd that on the hills o’ sheep Has wandered wide. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25)

"No, Mart, my mind is made up—I know my job, and I'm going to muckle to it like a little lady, so don't fuss." Money Magic A Novel

“To think o’ the perversity o’ that Dutchman obstructin’ a right o’ way, especially on sich a busy day, wi’ his muckle unmannerly 51 carcase, as if he had been a Highland cattle beast. Graham of Claverhouse

Me mother’s eyes were as blue as any colleen’s in all Leinster, while the father o’ me was from Argyll, which is sayin’ muckle. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield

Black shame was on his saul; his sins hove up before him muckle as the Bass, and above a’, that chief sin, that he should have a hand in hagging and hashing at Christ’s Kirk. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)

There is the historic case of the caddie on the Scottish links who warned a beginner, dallying too much on the tee, that he "maunna address the ba' sae muckle." The Complete Golfer

For a' that, and a' that, And twice as muckle 's a' that. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

Your words, indeed, were passing good, On him who kenned and understood The kirk and all its ranting; Who “held the mirror” up, indeed, To show the “muckle unco-guid” Their double-dyéd canting. Revised Edition of Poems

He immediately ran back to the town, got boats, captured the whale, and landed it in the harbour, where I went with the rest of the crowd to see the muckle fish. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville

There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi’ a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)

Yet she was not ill-natured, he surmised—the 'muckle mouth' signified good temper; 'twas far better than a 'muckle tongue'—she would do at a pinch as his housekeeper. Border Ghost Stories

He has owre muckle gab, and scraping, and bowing for me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17

But he was not strong enough to carry off the corp like a sack of potatoes; he was no a great muckle big giant, that's to say. Simon

The name o' an honest woman's muckle worth. The Proverbs of Scotland

Nae doubt they burn for it in muckle hell, but they have a grand time here of it, whatever!—and the Lord forgie us! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)

Meg lay quietly against his bosom, her eyes fixed upon his, then she murmured softly with 'ane little laughter,' 'Kiss me good-bye, Si, an'—on the "muckle moo." Border Ghost Stories

"It was a muckle sheep that dropped him." The House with the Green Shutters

"I'm the doctor," said R. "God," says the chap, "ye dinna look muckle like a doctor." The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"

There's muckle hid meat in a goose's ee. The Proverbs of Scotland

"There's no muckle to tell," he said, as he tossed the boot into a corner and wiped his face with his apron. A Dominie in Doubt

He looked from the tail of his eye upon 'Meg wi' the muckle mouth.' Border Ghost Stories

Look at him there, the muckle slabber," and she pointed to Gilmour, who was standing with a red-lowering, downcast face, "look at him! The House with the Green Shutters

“It’s no’ like to do his mother muckle gude to be forced to leave her ain house, and take lodgin’s in a toon. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

Little wit in the head maks muckle travel to the feet. The Proverbs of Scotland

"Naturally, a muckle pint o' beer will be the exact thing ye need doon there," he added. A Dominie in Doubt

White pan, black pan, Burn me to death, Tak' a muckle gully And cut my breath. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk

Guide ye, man, my grannie could hae telled as muckle about them as would have filled a minister’s sermons from June to January.” p. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith

But she kens as weel as us when the posts come in, besides the letters she gets from Agnes Anne—some that cost as muckle as sevenpence—a ruination and a disgrace!” The Dew of Their Youth

A Peeblesshire couplet embodies the same meaning:— "There's muckle ado when muirland folk ride— Boots and spurs, and a' to provide!" The Proverbs of Scotland

He says it’s a wonderful country for progress; and they hae things there they ca’ institutions, that he seems to think muckle o’, though what they may be I couldna weel make out. Janet's Love and Service

Galvaston House is a big place, and when the neighbours see him going in and out, it will be a sort of testimonial; besides, I shall quote Deb's favourite proverb, 'Every mickle makes a muckle.' Doctor Luttrell's First Patient

No, no, Tammie, all these things are out of the land now; and muckle luck to them. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith

I knew that Charlotte had made up her mind never to marry me——” “And ye took it like that?” he cried; “man, ye havena muckle spunk!” The Dew of Their Youth

The kirk's muckle, but ye may say mass i' the end o't. The Proverbs of Scotland

“Nae muckle, I doubt, Janet,” said Harry, with an exaggerated gesture of humility and penitence, turning the basket upside down, to ascertain the extent of the mischief. Janet's Love and Service

"And as it is the Fast Day, and the smith a religious man, it may cost your Honour as muckle as sixpence a shoe!" suggested the wily innkeeper, watching Edward's face as he spoke. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

"Your lordship can count on me to the last ditch," I cried; and indeed I might well be ready, for was not the menace of war as muckle against my own hearth as against his? John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn

“Wringham?” cried the big man, “why, I did not think he had so muckle spunk!” The Dew of Their Youth

It gangs as muckle into my heart as my heel. The Proverbs of Scotland

“You have your ain troubles among them, I dare say, and are muckle to be pitied—” “Me to be pitied!” said Janet scornfully, “there’s no fear o’ me. Janet's Love and Service

But as his sister often said, and as all who knew him, knew—"Monkbarns's bark was muckle waur than his bite." Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

I never, in all my life, saw a child so muckle made use of. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn

Neither soldier nor shepherd seems to be in you, a muckle bulrush nodding to the winds of Heaven! Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

A proud heart in a poor breast has muckle dolour to dree. The Proverbs of Scotland

There’s as muckle difference among folks here as elsewhere, whatever be your ticket. Janet's Love and Service

Na, na," he said, "it is against our rule to take so muckle siller at once. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

What could that be except the kelpie that lives in Cauldshiels Loch, and is just a muckle big water bull? The Gold Of Fairnilee

"The loss of the Jean does not amount to muckle; there was not a plank of her first timbers left in her." Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

He that marries a daw eats muckle dirt. The Proverbs of Scotland

But it would be limiting His grace to say He canna make you all you should be—all that she was, and that is saying muckle; for she was wise far by the common. Janet's Love and Service

Haste ye, lad, an’ mak’ as muckle noise aboot it as ye can.’ The Lighthouse

Not that there’s muckle bite spout the tog. Steve Young

"At something on the happy side of thirty it may be that," admitted Doom; "at forty-five there's not so muckle satisfaction in it." Doom Castle

Ye wad mak muckle o' me if I was yours. The Proverbs of Scotland

She, that had been making muckle o’ herself, as though the Lord couldna take care o’ the bairns without her help.” Janet's Love and Service

"We are in a hurry just now," said Burns, "but when we return from the fair, we'll examine the muckle black kist." Robert Burns

"If it's no' ower muckle to ask ye," he said, "I would like ye for a witness." A Window in Thrums

Guide ye, man, my grannie could hae telled as muckle about them as would have filled a minister’s sermons from June to January.” The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself

I hae muckle to do, and few to do for me. The Proverbs of Scotland

And if I got a letter, it mightna give me muckle comfort.” Janet's Love and Service

“There is ane, sir,” said Mrs. Blower, “that has been muckle recommended about Edinburgh—Macgregor, I think they ca' him—folk come far and near to see him.” St. Ronan's Well

When, however, the candidate was gone, he looked across to his goose, and emphatically remarked, "I'm thinkin' yon windy chiel'll no tell muckle that you and I said till him." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings

No, no Tammie, all these things are out of the land now; and muckle luck to them. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself

There's muckle between the word and the deed. The Proverbs of Scotland

“I canna say that I have seen muckle o’ it myself in this town, out of our own house. Janet's Love and Service

“No muckle o' that, sir,” answered Dame Dods; “for if he was drinking this very tea that ye gat doun from London wi' the mail, he wad mistake it for common bohea.” St. Ronan's Well

‘Mickle’ and ‘muckle’ are current in Scotland in the sense of great. Milton's Comus

Come or gang," said Thomas, "it's muckle the same. Alec Forbes of Howglen

For God sake, sirs, then speak her fair, An’ straik her cannie wi’ the hair, An’ to the muckle house repair, Wi’ instant speed, An’ strive, wi’ a’ your wit and lear, To get remead. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

Tell him, if e'er again he keep own As muckle gear as buy a sheep,—much money O bid him never tie them mair Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair! Robert Burns How To Know Him

Mr. Chitterling, if he really be a minister, has muckle to answer for, that he neglects his Master's service.” St. Ronan's Well

The sight o' a bonny fair-haired boy aye gave him muckle pleasure, an' he wad whiles hae the idea that Geordie had cam' back to him. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories

"The muckle kirk!" repeated Thomas, in a tone of contempt. Alec Forbes of Howglen

“Tell him, if e’er again he keep As muckle gear as buy a sheep, O bid him never tie them mair Wi’ wicked strings o’ hemp or hair! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

My gudesire saw everything look sae muckle against him, that he grew nearly desperate—however, he shifted from one foot to another, looked to every corner of the room and made no answer. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural

“The Almighty guide your course through the troubles of this wicked warld—and the muckle deevil blaw wind in your sails,” she added, in her natural tone, as the guests vanished from her miserable threshold. St. Ronan's Well

"I thocht as muckle," remarked the Squire to the detective, after the doctor was carried away on the buckboard. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life

"It's muckle the same what ye ca' them, gin they ca you frae the throne o' grace, lassie." Alec Forbes of Howglen

For a’ that and a’ that, And twice as muckle’s a’ that. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham

Biennials that it is desired shall flower the first season are best hurried in this way, yet for the gardenerless garden of a woman this makes o'er muckle work. The Garden, You, and I

“That may be very true, sir,” replied the dame; “but I will venture to say that Mr. Bindloose's tea is muckle better than you had at the Spaw-waal yonder.” St. Ronan's Well

"I see," answered the Squire; "but, man, yon's just a conglomeration o' muckle stanes." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life

Because ye see it's no whether shaidows be dear or no that we think muckle or little o' them, but whether we be richt het and tired whan we win till ane o' them. Alec Forbes of Howglen

There was ower muckle preachin', and some of the ladies looked at us as if we were dirt,' responded Teen candidly. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow

But long they waited, and longer still, With doubt and muckle pain. English Fairy Tales

"The muckle big, black, dirty brute that he is!" the good-wife would cry in indignation. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner

Haste ye, lad, an' mak' as muckle noise aboot it as ye can.' The Lighthouse

He does not regard the Scotchman's "mickle," because he does not stop to consider that the end is a "muckle." The Negro Problem

If he was my uncle, and had as muckle money as they say he has, I'd walk oot in silk and velvet in spite o' his face. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow

But long they waited, and longer still, With muckle doubt and pain. English Fairy Tales

"How muckle pay will we get?" asked Robert, who was now feeling his importance, and felt that this was after all the main point to be considered. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner

My granny let the marriage take place in her house, and he sent in so muckle meat and drink that some folk was willing to come. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

Yet when anon he came to cast this leister at the muckle kipper, "the 14 lb. waster stottit off his back as if he had been a bag o' wool." Stories of the Border Marches

He too spends money freely,—on his cigars and cigarettes, on every edition of the newspapers, on the shine which he might easily apply himself, on a thousand and one nickels that become a muckle. The Nervous Housewife

"Ye'll no need very muckle Latin to be a pilot, however," said my father. The Pilots of Pomona

I told them it was nonsense: muckle they cared! David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

All the love I had for him, and it was muckle, was skailed forever that night at the Cuttle Well. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

But as he lay awake, unable to close an eye, Purdie's courage crept back to him, and again he resolved that have that fish he would, muckle black de'il or no. Stories of the Border Marches

Not every mickle grows into a muckle, and the supplanting of habits, the discarding of them as unsatisfactory, is as marked a phenomenon as the formation of habits. The Nervous Housewife

How muckle might ye be expectin' to get for it across the water--a couple o' hundred?' The Pilots of Pomona

There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi' a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

"It's no muckle mair than 'Auld Lang Syne, my dear, for Auld Lang Syne.'" Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood

"He's that muckle I cannot get him in, sir," cried the lad after a time. Stories of the Border Marches

There's a heap o' them no muckle better, it may be; but there's guid men an' true amang them, or the Kirk wad hae been wi' Sodom and Gomorrah by this time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875

At times, by looking sharply, one could catch the gleam of a fish being pulled in, and sometimes one could hear the muffled thump of the muckle, when the fish was a big one. Sweetapple Cove

Nae doubt they burn for it in muckle hell, but they have a grand time here of it, whatever!--and the Lord forgie us! David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

To which the cool reply was, "Oh, 'deed, sir, I'm no surprised at that, for I dinna muckle admire her mysel'." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

Yet occasionally, in olden days, a salmon big as Tam Purdie's muckle kipper was got by rod and line. Stories of the Border Marches

Mac was tryin' to do all he could, but ye canna do muckle wi' a flat bottomed boat when ye're but the ane oar, and he gied up at last. Between You and Me

"Maybe so, but I am not caring very muckle about ministrations," said the man, and the other looked after him in horror. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Black shame was on his saul; his sins hove up before him muckle as the Bass, and above a', that chief sin, that he should have a hand in hagging and hashing at Christ's Kirk. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona

One of the elders, taking the word in a higher sense than the speaker intended, quietly replied, "Indeed, Bailie, there's muckle need." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

There's no muckle in his head, poor soul. Mr. Standfast

I'm not sayin' all's richt and perfect in this world —and, between you and me, would it be muckle fun to live in it if it were? Between You and Me

The third day she looked again, and on coming back said to the auld wife she saw nocht but a muckle Black Bull coming roaring alang the road. The Blue Fairy Book

And no sae muckle as stay to receive our thanks," said the cooper himself, "and frae the like o' me that seldom offers them! The Bride of Lammermoor

To which the General quietly answered, "Oh, it's to turn the muckle D in Dauvid." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

I gaed my lane beside the sea; The wind it blew in bush and tree, The wind blew in bush and bent: Muckle I saw, and muckle kent! New Poems

And there's a muckle to think upon in what I've seen. Between You and Me

I mind the fecht the sailors keep, But fire or can'le, rest or sleep, In darkness an' the muckle deep; An' mind beside The herd that on the hills o' sheep Has wandered wide. Underwoods

In yon great, muckle house, with all these domestics, upper and under, show yourself as nice, as circumspect, as quick at the conception, and as slow of speech as any. Kidnapped

The only acknowledgment of which was the dry answer, "And ye've as muckle need, sir." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

For I make Honour wi' muckle mouth, As I make Shame wi' mincin' feet, To sing wi' the priests at the market-cross, Or run wi' the dogs in the naked street. Verses 1889-1896

In the theatre so muckle counts—the play, the rest of the actors, reputation, aye, a score of things. Between You and Me

They saw it out in sheets no muckle thicker than writin' paper. Freckles

To the north; well, there's no muckle to be gained by going north; neither for you, that wants to get to Queensferry, nor yet for me, that wants to get to France. Kidnapped

"As I turned to go, she said, 'I'm muckle obleeged to you.'" Thomas Carlyle

It's nae muckle of a story; but the way of it was this. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

And there's this for the lassies who are thinking sae muckle of their independence. Between You and Me

That wad depend muckle on whether the light o' truth chose or not, I'm thinking. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography

I hadna muckle tae say to them, for they were simple folk who could scarce understand English, and had hardly mair regard for their ain souls than the tods on the moor. The Mystery of Cloomber

She begged him to write a little about their lake also, for she understood his book had done the inn at Loch Katrine a muckle deal of good. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey

"He did na say muckle, but he did something." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2

It was tae muckle talk o' that sort we were hearing before the war and in its early days. Between You and Me

A braw new halter, an' a muckle nail. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography

She was a "bonnie lassie," and he had "lo'ed her muckle." Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America

A' that and a' that and twice as muckle's a' that in this glorious Alaska day, recalling, however different, George Herbert's "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright." Travels in Alaska

It's the bed yer bonny mither got a soon' sleep in at last, and muckle was she i' the need o' 't! The Marquis of Lossie

Certainly it's the melody that has muckle tae do wi' the success of any song. Between You and Me

I canna say as muckle for a' 'at hings on to them. Malcolm

The cook advised her to listen at the drawing-room door when we had a party: but she quitted her post in disgust, having heard nothing but "a muckle clackit." A Trip to Manitoba

Rob can levy five hundred men, sir, and therefore war suld concern him as muckle as maist folk," replied the Bailie; "for it is a faculty that is far less profitable in time o' peace. Rob Roy — Volume 02

"It's no that muckle to be compleened o'," answered the man, with that limited degree of praise which gardeners and farmers usually bestow on the very best weather. Rob Roy — Volume 01

There's a muckle o' folk of German blood. Between You and Me

There 's a heap o' them no muckle better, it may be; but there 's guid men an' true amang them, or the kirk wad hae been wi' Sodom and Gomorrha by this time. Malcolm

In troth," said the candid reporter, "I canna say it's muckle better. The Antiquary — Volume 02

"You are ill," he said at length, after he had spoken twice without receiving an answer; "this day's wark has been ower muckle for ane doubtless unused to sic things." Rob Roy — Volume 02

But till't their lordships went wi' as muckle teeth and gude-will, as if the matter had been a' speck and span new. Rob Roy — Volume 01

I was as muckle to blame as you, and I've been giving myself some ill names for that last trick. Salute to Adventurers

The battle wi' the sea 's no sae muckle o' an affair. Malcolm

Eh, sirs! the comely young lord is turned as auld and frail as I am: it's muckle that sorrow and heartbreak, and crossing of true love, will do wi' young blood. The Antiquary — Volume 02

"Sir, I am muckle obliged—Sir, I am the sister of that poor unfortunate criminal, Effie Deans, who is ordered for execution at Edinburgh." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2

I muckle fear his gifts will get the heels of his grace. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

If it had been me, I would not have been muckle cheered. Salute to Adventurers

It's no muckle the likes o' us wants. Malcolm

I'm but a puir silly fallow, but I canna think there wad be muckle ill in breaking out by strength o' hand, if ye could mak it ony thing feasible. Old Mortality, Volume 1.

"Muckle better—muckle better—God bless you!—God bless you!—At no rate let him gang till ye hear frae me," said Jeanie. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2

"Nae doubt, it's a very vexing thing," continued the good lady, "to be in that dependent station; and you that hae right and title to sae muckle better, I wonder how ye bear these crosses." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

"He hates our auld cottage and our muckle wark," said the poor father. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales

There canna be muckle nourishment in sic a thin soil, but there maun be something that agrees wi' them. Malcolm

"Aye, me leddy, and muckle honor till me!" replied the woman, with another low courtesy, as she led the way to her seat at the window at the extreme end of the corridor. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths

Scot—lan' 's a muckle place—but Muir o' Warlock! Warlock o' Glenwarlock

And, on the interrogatory being repeated, declares, she does not mind muckle about it, for she was very ill. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

God's blessing on his sweet face!" cried the old woman; "but I would give all the yarn in my muckle chest to catch one look of his lucky eye! The Scottish Chiefs

The Sheriff's flitted, and I can keep canny in the bush; so there's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring. Guy Mannering — Complete

There is a homely Scottish proverb, my Lady, which declares that the scrapings of the muckle pot are worth the wee pot fu'. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume

As you ken, Rintoul's so little o' a Scotchman that he's no muckle better than an Englisher. The Little Minister

One of them was generally to be found spinning at her muckle wheel, retiring and advancing to the music of its cheerful hum, the while her spun thread was rapidly coiled up on the spindle. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

I see no muckle to choose, and I ken ane thing,—it is a hell on earth at ance gin ye gang not alang wi’ them. A Modern Telemachus

"Aye!" added Jock, "but she said she believed there was a muckle he did not know at all, and he was keeping his mouth shut to make folks think he knew but wasna telling." The Scotch Twins

"He might as well offer his hand in marriage to the Queen while he's aboot it,—he wad hae just as muckle chance o' acceptance." Thelma

It's a young country, but there's been muckle wickedness done in it. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn

But when in a sudden return of modesty he belittled his usefulness and talked sombrely of his mature years he was told that he "wad never be auld wi' sae muckle honesty." Huntingtower

"I could no tak muckle notice, ye ken," putting her hand before her eye, and half smiling. Christie Johnstone

There was once, in days of yore and in ages and times long gone before, in the city of Baghdad, a fisherman, by name Khalíf, a man of muckle talk and little luck. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08

Ah! they are baith there, and one—two—three muckle fellows are coming after them.' Two Penniless Princesses

"If I win is it no ma right as muckle as ony Englishman's?" Bob, Son of Battle

The lassie wasn't muckle the easier for gettin' rid o' them. Huntingtower

At the door she said: "And I am muckle obleeged to ye for your story and your goodness." Christie Johnstone

Rise, lass, and mak' a clean fireside, Put on the muckle pot; Gi'e little Kate her button gown, And Jock his Sunday coat. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2

Now the other, the muckle carle—Ah!' and then a sudden breathless silence came over her. Two Penniless Princesses

Ay, as muckle as I feel the loss o' my hair. Bob, Son of Battle

They were four muckle men against six laddies, and they thought they had an easy job! Huntingtower

Jean acquiesced at once, and said: "Indeed, she would be very sorry to give the lass that muckle pain." Christie Johnstone

His boatman's local knowledge was summed up in the information already given, "that it was a grand landmark, and that there had been muckle fighting about the bit lang syne." Guy Mannering

My gudesire saw everything look so muckle against him that he grew nearly desperate. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)

My gudesire saw everything look so muckle against him, that he grew nearly desperate—however, he shifted from one foot to another, looked to every corner of the room, and made no answer. Redgauntlet

I seen the Captain sklimmin' the wall, and a muckle man took the lassie and flung her up the ladder. Huntingtower

Then said Andrew, thoughtfully, "I thoucht, when I saw ye first, ye was maybe a lad frae a shop i' the muckle toon—or a clerk, as they ca' them, 'at sits makin' up accoonts." Donal Grant, by George MacDonald

Sheriffs flitted, and I can keep canny in the bush—so there's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring. Guy Mannering

Them that kenned best said least; but they never gied that Thing the name o' Janet M'Clour; for the auld Janet, by their way o' 't, was in muckle hell that day. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)

But that's no sae muckle amiss,' he added, as I began to touch the instrument; 'I am thinking ye have some skill o' the craft.' Redgauntlet

Now' at each end o' the place the doors are lockit, but the front that looks on the garden is open, wi' muckle posts and flower-pots. Huntingtower

Na, Lord; mak o' me a strong man, an' syne gie me as muckle o' the bonny as may please thee. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald

His first definitely directive thought was, that his nearest neighbours were likely enough to be in trouble—"the fowk at the muckle hoose." Sir Gibbie

I never had muckle except what was within a good jerkin, an' let the thief ruin me there wha can. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

I would have been the waur o' liquor if I would have drank as muckle as you twa would have had me. Redgauntlet

She stays not contented with little or with muckle, Straining for daisies at the end of her tether. Country Sentiment

"My lord's naething to you—nor yet muckle to me!" she added, with sudden reaction and an outburst of self-pity, and again fell a weeping—and sobbing now. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald

The Maister never made muckle o' the savin' o' sic like's them. Sir Gibbie

Put muckle to muckle, and little to wee! The Cloister and the Hearth

But this that I am gaun to tell, Which lately on a night befell, Is just as true's the Deil's in hell Or Dublin city: That e'er he nearer comes oursel' 'S a muckle pity. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Tell him, if e'er again he keep As muckle gear as buy a sheep— O, bid him never tie them mair, Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

For God sake, sirs! then speak her fair, An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, An' to the muckle house repair, Wi' instant speed, An' strive, wi' a' your wit an' lear, To get remead. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Stand forth an' tell yon Premier youth The honest, open, naked truth: Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, His servants humble: The muckle deevil blaw you south If ye dissemble! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

单词	muckle
例句	muckle Donatello's tiny cherub bursting with mirth as he shakes a tambourine had more eloquence in its single up-curled toe than all the muckle monuments of Rodin, the only conventional choices in this show. Best art exhibitions of 2012, No 4 – Bronze at the Royal Academy of Arts 2012-12-18T10:44:34Z Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images The 20th century, on the other side, opens with not one but two spaces devoted to the muckle works of Henry Moore. Walk Through British Art – review 2013-05-18T14:59:01Z But they are by no means a team, these muckle men, with their proud and resentful expressions. Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures – review 2012-09-29T23:05:27Z There’s a Jamaican phrase, “Every mickle mek a muckle,” which means “Every little bit adds up.” Is 'The Most Homophobic Place on Earth' Turning Around? 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Many a mickle makes a muckle NECESSITY, so the proverb has it, is the mother of invention. Crowdfunding science: Many a mickle makes a muckle 2012-10-18T15:26:19Z TEN minutes later, and without, as Jane Sheepshanks said, "so muckle as a sponge or a brush-and-comb being laid upon them," the three stood before their father. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z We should do him a muckle Pleasure, As ye in your Books may read at leisure.” The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z I have a good woman and three bairn at home, and a thousand dollars would be a muckle fortune for us, but I dinna expect sich luck to come my way. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z Put muckle to muckle, and little to wee? The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z She was a sweet bit lassie, but she was frail in the constitootion, ye see, and the hard famishing winter was ower muckle for her feeble frame. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z “There’s muckle we need an’—” “I’ll go if you give me a cookie,” promised Dot. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z “Tam was one o’ these canny Highlanders, and he made up his mind after muckle thought to spend a week in London. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Ten miles to ride, and the evening spent discussing "muckle harts" and their haunts on the neighbouring wilds. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z We make muckle ado about our gains and our pains, our loves and our losses, forgetting that ‘our days are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.’ The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "Scotland," as one of her own sons has expressed it, "is a wee bit country," but possessed of "muckle pith and spirit." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I may not ken muckle, neither do ye. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z Cakes, milk, cheese, herrings, tea, and honey, a' disappeared; and naething remained but a blush o' shame on her bonny cheek, to tell how muckle abashed she was at her good appetite. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Next morning finding his watch motionless, and meeting his comrade, says to him, "Och! she no be care muckle about a watch, an' you be like mine, what will ye gi'e me for her?" Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z “She thinks muckle o’ Tam, it seems,” said Mr Dawson laughing. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z “Let him go,” I said to his companion, who sided with me; “little wit in the head makes muckle work for the heels;” and we took a course to the east. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z He was muckle pleased, he said, to be singled out for any woman's favor. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z An’ I had pity on the cratur, for her face was the size o’ a muckle pot, an’ lek nothin’ under the sun. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Lawyer Angus, at the meeting, spoke against new-fangled things; "Seems to me our preacher's bow, friends, has a muckle lot of strings." The Cornflower, and Other Poems 2011-04-07T02:00:18.740Z I think myself that a walk would do you good, or a fine long seam, such as your mother used to give you to do, when your restlessness was ower muckle for yourself and others. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z I made sae muckle at shearing, the last year, that it's no a' done yet.' The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z It was just like a street in a toun; the cabins, on each side, like raws o' houses; and, farder on, as far as ane could see, a raw o' muckle guns a' standing abreast. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I'm sure, muckle trouble and thocht it has cost us, curate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 I daresay your honesty and mine are muckle about a par. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 I did as I was ordered by the body, and he next caused Miss Cochrane to take me by the right hand, and repeat a few words after him, muckle to the same effect. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 "Do as I bid you now, Keatie, and lippen the rest to me.—Ah, she is a niggard, Mr Dobson, and has muckle need of a little schooling to open her heart." The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z In that howe stood the minister, upon a muckle stane that has been lang syne removed; and the congregation sat upon the brae around him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 "Ye're a bonny ane indeed, to stand as unconcerned as if ye were the steeple, when the hale house is turned heels owre head to see how muckle that scoundrel has carried aff wi' him." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 And muckle mends it makes to say ye are sorry for it! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 To add to my vexation, Maister Brown, the stream began suddenly to clear, while the fish, from the quantity o' food that covered the water, grew lazy, and would not so muckle as move. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 And it's nae muckle safer for an auld stiff man like me to gang away out to a wild remote place, where there is ae body murdering another.—What is that I hear, Bessie? The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z And by the faith o' the auld kirk, ye hae muckle time to ponder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 It may do good too to that "muckle ne'er-do-weel," Human Nature, who is still enjoying his grin at the schoolmaster, the philanthropist, and the bible. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 She shall bide in the cove behind the muckle oven, where three times a week Jeremy bakes the bread. Deep Moat Grange And the next minute she and her neighbour doubled the corner o' the loaning, and struck into the path which led down to the minister's, without so muckle as saying, "Guid e'en to ye, sir!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Alack-a-day! we get the blame o' muckle that we little deserve. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z “As you ken, Rintoul’s so little o’ a Scotchman that he’s no muckle better than an Englisher. The Little Minister "Little hand clasps muckle gold, or it were not worth the hold Of thy son, good uncle mine!" The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II “What the h—— was that for, ye muckle galoot?” he threw at me. The Black Watch A Record in Action "What have ye got, faither?" exclaimed Rebecca, breathlessly, who possessed no small portion of her father's pride; "how muckle is't?—will we can keep a coach?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 "Ay, if a' tales be true, the king admired them when he saw them, as muckle as ye could do, sir," continued the laird. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 "What can there be in my simple, natural, and reasonable question, to astonish folk sae muckle?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative "There's not so muckle change," said the doctor, "when it comes to sweethearting." Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Anything to get off this deadhead beat the muckle heads have us on. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. It is the pennies that make the dollars; it is the "many mites that make the muckle." With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul There is na muckle good in drawing inferences from imaginary evils. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Where the "wee and the muckle wheel," with the aged dames, in pletted toys, singing "Tarry woo?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Right carefully I kept the cover of every heather bush, peat hag, muckle grey granite stone, and waving clump of bracken. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway No wonder that I soon consented, And muckle less that I repented. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews To the north; well, there’s no muckle to be gained by going north; neither for you, that wants to get to Queensferry, nor yet for me, that wants to get to France. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Assuredly ye did na kill him, and folks canna a'ways say as muckle for ye. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago "I'm no sure if there's muckle practical truth in a' this, deacon," said Andrew, smiling good-naturedly. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 "That is as muckle as is good for you"—she looked at him with the light of attraction in her eyes—"afore folk," she added, with a glance at him that I could not fathom. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I learned the truth, Wi' mental pain and muckle ruth. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews In yon great muckle house, with all these domestics, upper and under, show yourself as nice, as circumspect, as quick at the conception, and as slow of speech as any. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) “If we were all as diligent and as conscientious as the devil,” observed an old Scotch woman to her minister, “it wad be muckle better for us.” Devil Stories An Anthology It's the bed yer bonny mither got a soon' sleep in at last, an' muckle was she i' need o' 't! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. She was muckle the better o' a man, was she no? The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway “My word!” he added sourly, “this is na trail–juist a scratch on the mountainside–an’ the muckle rocks they’re a flail for beating the breath out of a puir body.” Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl "Oh, muckle is the powerful grace That lies in herbs." Stevenson Memorial Cook Book Whether that were better than the utilitarian Scotchman's green woods, he did not say just now, nor have spirit even to answer Davidson's sarcastic remarks on his 'muckle clearin'.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement It is no muckle worth: but ye should na look a gien horse in the moo’.—Yours ever, R. L. Stevenson. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) "There's a lass by yon burnside that will do as muckle for you; but dinna bide to speer her leave!" she cried to me over her shoulder, a word which it was hard to understand. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I told them it was nonsense; muckle they cared! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) I mind the fecht the sailors keep, But fire or can’le, rest or sleep, In darkness an’ the muckle deep; An’ mind beside The herd that on the hills o’ sheep Has wandered wide. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) "No, Mart, my mind is made up—I know my job, and I'm going to muckle to it like a little lady, so don't fuss." Money Magic A Novel “To think o’ the perversity o’ that Dutchman obstructin’ a right o’ way, especially on sich a busy day, wi’ his muckle unmannerly 51 carcase, as if he had been a Highland cattle beast. Graham of Claverhouse Me mother’s eyes were as blue as any colleen’s in all Leinster, while the father o’ me was from Argyll, which is sayin’ muckle. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield Black shame was on his saul; his sins hove up before him muckle as the Bass, and above a’, that chief sin, that he should have a hand in hagging and hashing at Christ’s Kirk. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) There is the historic case of the caddie on the Scottish links who warned a beginner, dallying too much on the tee, that he "maunna address the ba' sae muckle." The Complete Golfer For a' that, and a' that, And twice as muckle 's a' that. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Your words, indeed, were passing good, On him who kenned and understood The kirk and all its ranting; Who “held the mirror” up, indeed, To show the “muckle unco-guid” Their double-dyéd canting. Revised Edition of Poems He immediately ran back to the town, got boats, captured the whale, and landed it in the harbour, where I went with the rest of the crowd to see the muckle fish. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi’ a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Yet she was not ill-natured, he surmised—the 'muckle mouth' signified good temper; 'twas far better than a 'muckle tongue'—she would do at a pinch as his housekeeper. Border Ghost Stories He has owre muckle gab, and scraping, and bowing for me. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 But he was not strong enough to carry off the corp like a sack of potatoes; he was no a great muckle big giant, that's to say. Simon The name o' an honest woman's muckle worth. The Proverbs of Scotland Nae doubt they burn for it in muckle hell, but they have a grand time here of it, whatever!—and the Lord forgie us! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Meg lay quietly against his bosom, her eyes fixed upon his, then she murmured softly with 'ane little laughter,' 'Kiss me good-bye, Si, an'—on the "muckle moo." Border Ghost Stories "It was a muckle sheep that dropped him." The House with the Green Shutters "I'm the doctor," said R. "God," says the chap, "ye dinna look muckle like a doctor." The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" There's muckle hid meat in a goose's ee. The Proverbs of Scotland "There's no muckle to tell," he said, as he tossed the boot into a corner and wiped his face with his apron. A Dominie in Doubt He looked from the tail of his eye upon 'Meg wi' the muckle mouth.' Border Ghost Stories Look at him there, the muckle slabber," and she pointed to Gilmour, who was standing with a red-lowering, downcast face, "look at him! The House with the Green Shutters “It’s no’ like to do his mother muckle gude to be forced to leave her ain house, and take lodgin’s in a toon. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not Little wit in the head maks muckle travel to the feet. The Proverbs of Scotland "Naturally, a muckle pint o' beer will be the exact thing ye need doon there," he added. A Dominie in Doubt White pan, black pan, Burn me to death, Tak' a muckle gully And cut my breath. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Guide ye, man, my grannie could hae telled as muckle about them as would have filled a minister’s sermons from June to January.” p. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith But she kens as weel as us when the posts come in, besides the letters she gets from Agnes Anne—some that cost as muckle as sevenpence—a ruination and a disgrace!” The Dew of Their Youth A Peeblesshire couplet embodies the same meaning:— "There's muckle ado when muirland folk ride— Boots and spurs, and a' to provide!" The Proverbs of Scotland He says it’s a wonderful country for progress; and they hae things there they ca’ institutions, that he seems to think muckle o’, though what they may be I couldna weel make out. Janet's Love and Service Galvaston House is a big place, and when the neighbours see him going in and out, it will be a sort of testimonial; besides, I shall quote Deb's favourite proverb, 'Every mickle makes a muckle.' Doctor Luttrell's First Patient No, no, Tammie, all these things are out of the land now; and muckle luck to them. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith I knew that Charlotte had made up her mind never to marry me——” “And ye took it like that?” he cried; “man, ye havena muckle spunk!” The Dew of Their Youth The kirk's muckle, but ye may say mass i' the end o't. The Proverbs of Scotland “Nae muckle, I doubt, Janet,” said Harry, with an exaggerated gesture of humility and penitence, turning the basket upside down, to ascertain the extent of the mischief. Janet's Love and Service "And as it is the Fast Day, and the smith a religious man, it may cost your Honour as muckle as sixpence a shoe!" suggested the wily innkeeper, watching Edward's face as he spoke. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North "Your lordship can count on me to the last ditch," I cried; and indeed I might well be ready, for was not the menace of war as muckle against my own hearth as against his? John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn “Wringham?” cried the big man, “why, I did not think he had so muckle spunk!” The Dew of Their Youth It gangs as muckle into my heart as my heel. The Proverbs of Scotland “You have your ain troubles among them, I dare say, and are muckle to be pitied—” “Me to be pitied!” said Janet scornfully, “there’s no fear o’ me. Janet's Love and Service But as his sister often said, and as all who knew him, knew—"Monkbarns's bark was muckle waur than his bite." Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North I never, in all my life, saw a child so muckle made use of. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neither soldier nor shepherd seems to be in you, a muckle bulrush nodding to the winds of Heaven! Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure A proud heart in a poor breast has muckle dolour to dree. The Proverbs of Scotland There’s as muckle difference among folks here as elsewhere, whatever be your ticket. Janet's Love and Service Na, na," he said, "it is against our rule to take so muckle siller at once. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North What could that be except the kelpie that lives in Cauldshiels Loch, and is just a muckle big water bull? The Gold Of Fairnilee "The loss of the Jean does not amount to muckle; there was not a plank of her first timbers left in her." Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure He that marries a daw eats muckle dirt. The Proverbs of Scotland But it would be limiting His grace to say He canna make you all you should be—all that she was, and that is saying muckle; for she was wise far by the common. Janet's Love and Service Haste ye, lad, an’ mak’ as muckle noise aboot it as ye can.’ The Lighthouse Not that there’s muckle bite spout the tog. Steve Young "At something on the happy side of thirty it may be that," admitted Doom; "at forty-five there's not so muckle satisfaction in it." Doom Castle Ye wad mak muckle o' me if I was yours. The Proverbs of Scotland She, that had been making muckle o’ herself, as though the Lord couldna take care o’ the bairns without her help.” Janet's Love and Service "We are in a hurry just now," said Burns, "but when we return from the fair, we'll examine the muckle black kist." Robert Burns "If it's no' ower muckle to ask ye," he said, "I would like ye for a witness." A Window in Thrums Guide ye, man, my grannie could hae telled as muckle about them as would have filled a minister’s sermons from June to January.” The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself I hae muckle to do, and few to do for me. The Proverbs of Scotland And if I got a letter, it mightna give me muckle comfort.” Janet's Love and Service “There is ane, sir,” said Mrs. Blower, “that has been muckle recommended about Edinburgh—Macgregor, I think they ca' him—folk come far and near to see him.” St. Ronan's Well When, however, the candidate was gone, he looked across to his goose, and emphatically remarked, "I'm thinkin' yon windy chiel'll no tell muckle that you and I said till him." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings No, no Tammie, all these things are out of the land now; and muckle luck to them. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself There's muckle between the word and the deed. The Proverbs of Scotland “I canna say that I have seen muckle o’ it myself in this town, out of our own house. Janet's Love and Service “No muckle o' that, sir,” answered Dame Dods; “for if he was drinking this very tea that ye gat doun from London wi' the mail, he wad mistake it for common bohea.” St. Ronan's Well ‘Mickle’ and ‘muckle’ are current in Scotland in the sense of great. Milton's Comus Come or gang," said Thomas, "it's muckle the same. Alec Forbes of Howglen For God sake, sirs, then speak her fair, An’ straik her cannie wi’ the hair, An’ to the muckle house repair, Wi’ instant speed, An’ strive, wi’ a’ your wit and lear, To get remead. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Tell him, if e'er again he keep own As muckle gear as buy a sheep,—much money O bid him never tie them mair Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair! Robert Burns How To Know Him Mr. Chitterling, if he really be a minister, has muckle to answer for, that he neglects his Master's service.” St. Ronan's Well The sight o' a bonny fair-haired boy aye gave him muckle pleasure, an' he wad whiles hae the idea that Geordie had cam' back to him. The Path of Duty, and Other Stories "The muckle kirk!" repeated Thomas, in a tone of contempt. Alec Forbes of Howglen “Tell him, if e’er again he keep As muckle gear as buy a sheep, O bid him never tie them mair Wi’ wicked strings o’ hemp or hair! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham My gudesire saw everything look sae muckle against him, that he grew nearly desperate—however, he shifted from one foot to another, looked to every corner of the room and made no answer. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural “The Almighty guide your course through the troubles of this wicked warld—and the muckle deevil blaw wind in your sails,” she added, in her natural tone, as the guests vanished from her miserable threshold. St. Ronan's Well "I thocht as muckle," remarked the Squire to the detective, after the doctor was carried away on the buckboard. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life "It's muckle the same what ye ca' them, gin they ca you frae the throne o' grace, lassie." Alec Forbes of Howglen For a’ that and a’ that, And twice as muckle’s a’ that. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Biennials that it is desired shall flower the first season are best hurried in this way, yet for the gardenerless garden of a woman this makes o'er muckle work. The Garden, You, and I “That may be very true, sir,” replied the dame; “but I will venture to say that Mr. Bindloose's tea is muckle better than you had at the Spaw-waal yonder.” St. Ronan's Well "I see," answered the Squire; "but, man, yon's just a conglomeration o' muckle stanes." Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Because ye see it's no whether shaidows be dear or no that we think muckle or little o' them, but whether we be richt het and tired whan we win till ane o' them. Alec Forbes of Howglen There was ower muckle preachin', and some of the ladies looked at us as if we were dirt,' responded Teen candidly. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow But long they waited, and longer still, With doubt and muckle pain. English Fairy Tales "The muckle big, black, dirty brute that he is!" the good-wife would cry in indignation. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Haste ye, lad, an' mak' as muckle noise aboot it as ye can.' The Lighthouse He does not regard the Scotchman's "mickle," because he does not stop to consider that the end is a "muckle." The Negro Problem If he was my uncle, and had as muckle money as they say he has, I'd walk oot in silk and velvet in spite o' his face. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow But long they waited, and longer still, With muckle doubt and pain. English Fairy Tales "How muckle pay will we get?" asked Robert, who was now feeling his importance, and felt that this was after all the main point to be considered. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner My granny let the marriage take place in her house, and he sent in so muckle meat and drink that some folk was willing to come. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Yet when anon he came to cast this leister at the muckle kipper, "the 14 lb. waster stottit off his back as if he had been a bag o' wool." Stories of the Border Marches He too spends money freely,—on his cigars and cigarettes, on every edition of the newspapers, on the shine which he might easily apply himself, on a thousand and one nickels that become a muckle. The Nervous Housewife "Ye'll no need very muckle Latin to be a pilot, however," said my father. The Pilots of Pomona I told them it was nonsense: muckle they cared! David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona All the love I had for him, and it was muckle, was skailed forever that night at the Cuttle Well. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood But as he lay awake, unable to close an eye, Purdie's courage crept back to him, and again he resolved that have that fish he would, muckle black de'il or no. Stories of the Border Marches Not every mickle grows into a muckle, and the supplanting of habits, the discarding of them as unsatisfactory, is as marked a phenomenon as the formation of habits. The Nervous Housewife How muckle might ye be expectin' to get for it across the water--a couple o' hundred?' The Pilots of Pomona There he sat, a muckle fat, white hash of a man like creish, wi' a kind of a holy smile that gart me scunner. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona "It's no muckle mair than 'Auld Lang Syne, my dear, for Auld Lang Syne.'" Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood "He's that muckle I cannot get him in, sir," cried the lad after a time. Stories of the Border Marches There's a heap o' them no muckle better, it may be; but there's guid men an' true amang them, or the Kirk wad hae been wi' Sodom and Gomorrah by this time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 At times, by looking sharply, one could catch the gleam of a fish being pulled in, and sometimes one could hear the muffled thump of the muckle, when the fish was a big one. Sweetapple Cove Nae doubt they burn for it in muckle hell, but they have a grand time here of it, whatever!--and the Lord forgie us! David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona To which the cool reply was, "Oh, 'deed, sir, I'm no surprised at that, for I dinna muckle admire her mysel'." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Yet occasionally, in olden days, a salmon big as Tam Purdie's muckle kipper was got by rod and line. Stories of the Border Marches Mac was tryin' to do all he could, but ye canna do muckle wi' a flat bottomed boat when ye're but the ane oar, and he gied up at last. Between You and Me "Maybe so, but I am not caring very muckle about ministrations," said the man, and the other looked after him in horror. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies Black shame was on his saul; his sins hove up before him muckle as the Bass, and above a', that chief sin, that he should have a hand in hagging and hashing at Christ's Kirk. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona One of the elders, taking the word in a higher sense than the speaker intended, quietly replied, "Indeed, Bailie, there's muckle need." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character There's no muckle in his head, poor soul. Mr. Standfast I'm not sayin' all's richt and perfect in this world —and, between you and me, would it be muckle fun to live in it if it were? Between You and Me The third day she looked again, and on coming back said to the auld wife she saw nocht but a muckle Black Bull coming roaring alang the road. The Blue Fairy Book And no sae muckle as stay to receive our thanks," said the cooper himself, "and frae the like o' me that seldom offers them! The Bride of Lammermoor To which the General quietly answered, "Oh, it's to turn the muckle D in Dauvid." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character I gaed my lane beside the sea; The wind it blew in bush and tree, The wind blew in bush and bent: Muckle I saw, and muckle kent! New Poems And there's a muckle to think upon in what I've seen. Between You and Me I mind the fecht the sailors keep, But fire or can'le, rest or sleep, In darkness an' the muckle deep; An' mind beside The herd that on the hills o' sheep Has wandered wide. Underwoods In yon great, muckle house, with all these domestics, upper and under, show yourself as nice, as circumspect, as quick at the conception, and as slow of speech as any. Kidnapped The only acknowledgment of which was the dry answer, "And ye've as muckle need, sir." Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character For I make Honour wi' muckle mouth, As I make Shame wi' mincin' feet, To sing wi' the priests at the market-cross, Or run wi' the dogs in the naked street. Verses 1889-1896 In the theatre so muckle counts—the play, the rest of the actors, reputation, aye, a score of things. Between You and Me They saw it out in sheets no muckle thicker than writin' paper. Freckles To the north; well, there's no muckle to be gained by going north; neither for you, that wants to get to Queensferry, nor yet for me, that wants to get to France. Kidnapped "As I turned to go, she said, 'I'm muckle obleeged to you.'" Thomas Carlyle It's nae muckle of a story; but the way of it was this. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 And there's this for the lassies who are thinking sae muckle of their independence. Between You and Me That wad depend muckle on whether the light o' truth chose or not, I'm thinking. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I hadna muckle tae say to them, for they were simple folk who could scarce understand English, and had hardly mair regard for their ain souls than the tods on the moor. The Mystery of Cloomber She begged him to write a little about their lake also, for she understood his book had done the inn at Loch Katrine a muckle deal of good. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey "He did na say muckle, but he did something." Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 It was tae muckle talk o' that sort we were hearing before the war and in its early days. Between You and Me A braw new halter, an' a muckle nail. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography She was a "bonnie lassie," and he had "lo'ed her muckle." Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America A' that and a' that and twice as muckle's a' that in this glorious Alaska day, recalling, however different, George Herbert's "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright." Travels in Alaska It's the bed yer bonny mither got a soon' sleep in at last, and muckle was she i' the need o' 't! The Marquis of Lossie Certainly it's the melody that has muckle tae do wi' the success of any song. Between You and Me I canna say as muckle for a' 'at hings on to them. Malcolm The cook advised her to listen at the drawing-room door when we had a party: but she quitted her post in disgust, having heard nothing but "a muckle clackit." A Trip to Manitoba Rob can levy five hundred men, sir, and therefore war suld concern him as muckle as maist folk," replied the Bailie; "for it is a faculty that is far less profitable in time o' peace. Rob Roy — Volume 02 "It's no that muckle to be compleened o'," answered the man, with that limited degree of praise which gardeners and farmers usually bestow on the very best weather. Rob Roy — Volume 01 There's a muckle o' folk of German blood. Between You and Me There 's a heap o' them no muckle better, it may be; but there 's guid men an' true amang them, or the kirk wad hae been wi' Sodom and Gomorrha by this time. Malcolm In troth," said the candid reporter, "I canna say it's muckle better. The Antiquary — Volume 02 "You are ill," he said at length, after he had spoken twice without receiving an answer; "this day's wark has been ower muckle for ane doubtless unused to sic things." Rob Roy — Volume 02 But till't their lordships went wi' as muckle teeth and gude-will, as if the matter had been a' speck and span new. Rob Roy — Volume 01 I was as muckle to blame as you, and I've been giving myself some ill names for that last trick. Salute to Adventurers The battle wi' the sea 's no sae muckle o' an affair. Malcolm Eh, sirs! the comely young lord is turned as auld and frail as I am: it's muckle that sorrow and heartbreak, and crossing of true love, will do wi' young blood. The Antiquary — Volume 02 "Sir, I am muckle obliged—Sir, I am the sister of that poor unfortunate criminal, Effie Deans, who is ordered for execution at Edinburgh." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 I muckle fear his gifts will get the heels of his grace. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 If it had been me, I would not have been muckle cheered. Salute to Adventurers It's no muckle the likes o' us wants. Malcolm I'm but a puir silly fallow, but I canna think there wad be muckle ill in breaking out by strength o' hand, if ye could mak it ony thing feasible. Old Mortality, Volume 1. "Muckle better—muckle better—God bless you!—God bless you!—At no rate let him gang till ye hear frae me," said Jeanie. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 "Nae doubt, it's a very vexing thing," continued the good lady, "to be in that dependent station; and you that hae right and title to sae muckle better, I wonder how ye bear these crosses." The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 "He hates our auld cottage and our muckle wark," said the poor father. The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales There canna be muckle nourishment in sic a thin soil, but there maun be something that agrees wi' them. Malcolm "Aye, me leddy, and muckle honor till me!" replied the woman, with another low courtesy, as she led the way to her seat at the window at the extreme end of the corridor. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths Scot—lan' 's a muckle place—but Muir o' Warlock! Warlock o' Glenwarlock And, on the interrogatory being repeated, declares, she does not mind muckle about it, for she was very ill. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 God's blessing on his sweet face!" cried the old woman; "but I would give all the yarn in my muckle chest to catch one look of his lucky eye! The Scottish Chiefs The Sheriff's flitted, and I can keep canny in the bush; so there's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring. Guy Mannering — Complete There is a homely Scottish proverb, my Lady, which declares that the scrapings of the muckle pot are worth the wee pot fu'. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume As you ken, Rintoul's so little o' a Scotchman that he's no muckle better than an Englisher. The Little Minister One of them was generally to be found spinning at her muckle wheel, retiring and advancing to the music of its cheerful hum, the while her spun thread was rapidly coiled up on the spindle. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green I see no muckle to choose, and I ken ane thing,—it is a hell on earth at ance gin ye gang not alang wi’ them. A Modern Telemachus "Aye!" added Jock, "but she said she believed there was a muckle he did not know at all, and he was keeping his mouth shut to make folks think he knew but wasna telling." The Scotch Twins "He might as well offer his hand in marriage to the Queen while he's aboot it,—he wad hae just as muckle chance o' acceptance." Thelma It's a young country, but there's been muckle wickedness done in it. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn But when in a sudden return of modesty he belittled his usefulness and talked sombrely of his mature years he was told that he "wad never be auld wi' sae muckle honesty." Huntingtower "I could no tak muckle notice, ye ken," putting her hand before her eye, and half smiling. Christie Johnstone There was once, in days of yore and in ages and times long gone before, in the city of Baghdad, a fisherman, by name Khalíf, a man of muckle talk and little luck. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 Ah! they are baith there, and one—two—three muckle fellows are coming after them.' Two Penniless Princesses "If I win is it no ma right as muckle as ony Englishman's?" Bob, Son of Battle The lassie wasn't muckle the easier for gettin' rid o' them. Huntingtower At the door she said: "And I am muckle obleeged to ye for your story and your goodness." Christie Johnstone Rise, lass, and mak' a clean fireside, Put on the muckle pot; Gi'e little Kate her button gown, And Jock his Sunday coat. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Now the other, the muckle carle—Ah!' and then a sudden breathless silence came over her. Two Penniless Princesses Ay, as muckle as I feel the loss o' my hair. Bob, Son of Battle They were four muckle men against six laddies, and they thought they had an easy job! Huntingtower Jean acquiesced at once, and said: "Indeed, she would be very sorry to give the lass that muckle pain." Christie Johnstone His boatman's local knowledge was summed up in the information already given, "that it was a grand landmark, and that there had been muckle fighting about the bit lang syne." Guy Mannering My gudesire saw everything look so muckle against him that he grew nearly desperate. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) My gudesire saw everything look so muckle against him, that he grew nearly desperate—however, he shifted from one foot to another, looked to every corner of the room, and made no answer. Redgauntlet I seen the Captain sklimmin' the wall, and a muckle man took the lassie and flung her up the ladder. Huntingtower Then said Andrew, thoughtfully, "I thoucht, when I saw ye first, ye was maybe a lad frae a shop i' the muckle toon—or a clerk, as they ca' them, 'at sits makin' up accoonts." Donal Grant, by George MacDonald Sheriffs flitted, and I can keep canny in the bush—so there's no muckle hazard o' scouring the cramp-ring. Guy Mannering Them that kenned best said least; but they never gied that Thing the name o' Janet M'Clour; for the auld Janet, by their way o' 't, was in muckle hell that day. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) But that's no sae muckle amiss,' he added, as I began to touch the instrument; 'I am thinking ye have some skill o' the craft.' Redgauntlet Now' at each end o' the place the doors are lockit, but the front that looks on the garden is open, wi' muckle posts and flower-pots. Huntingtower Na, Lord; mak o' me a strong man, an' syne gie me as muckle o' the bonny as may please thee. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald His first definitely directive thought was, that his nearest neighbours were likely enough to be in trouble—"the fowk at the muckle hoose." Sir Gibbie I never had muckle except what was within a good jerkin, an' let the thief ruin me there wha can. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner I would have been the waur o' liquor if I would have drank as muckle as you twa would have had me. Redgauntlet She stays not contented with little or with muckle, Straining for daisies at the end of her tether. Country Sentiment "My lord's naething to you—nor yet muckle to me!" she added, with sudden reaction and an outburst of self-pity, and again fell a weeping—and sobbing now. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald The Maister never made muckle o' the savin' o' sic like's them. Sir Gibbie Put muckle to muckle, and little to wee! The Cloister and the Hearth But this that I am gaun to tell, Which lately on a night befell, Is just as true's the Deil's in hell Or Dublin city: That e'er he nearer comes oursel' 'S a muckle pity. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Tell him, if e'er again he keep As muckle gear as buy a sheep— O, bid him never tie them mair, Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns For God sake, sirs! then speak her fair, An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, An' to the muckle house repair, Wi' instant speed, An' strive, wi' a' your wit an' lear, To get remead. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Stand forth an' tell yon Premier youth The honest, open, naked truth: Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, His servants humble: The muckle deevil blaw you south If ye dissemble! Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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