| 单词 | bairn |
| 例句 | But we heard a coyote howl upwind and we heard a cow bawling for her late weaned bairn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a great reader, and studied a deal; and the “bairns” had taken after her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “What is the matter?” he asked; “all the sunshine is gone. Do you really wish the bairn to go? Will it annoy you if she is left behind?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, these Caledonians will slaughter one of their own bairns if he steps out of line. The Eagle bears the standard Scottish stereotype 2011-03-28T09:55:28Z Meals are served by the Dane’s spectral children, who recall — to Louie and to us — the malevolent bairns in “The Turn of the Screw.” Where to Have Your Existential Crisis: Ann Arbor or Rome? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Particular to Newcastle, many from the region use words such as "bairn" instead of "child," "hinny" instead of "woman," and "me" instead of "my." The exit factor: Britain's sweetheart dumped in US 2011-05-27T16:24:13Z Wee bairns can make beach art and butterfly-feeders, recreate rock formations in chocolate, or assist the oldies with otter-spotting – all on terrain that's as exposed and exotic as the British Isles gets. This week's new events 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z "Not seeing your bairn ever again? It's like mental torture." Nikki Allan: A mother's 30-year search for her daughter's killer 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He recalled that officers met a woman in the street in a "distressed state" who cried out "Oh God! It's the bairn, they've found the bairn" at about 10:30 on 8 October. Nikki Allan trial: Girl's bloodstained body found in basement 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z It would take more than 50 years for vital clues to the identity of the "unknown bairn" to finally be revealed. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Kaler's catchphrase "Me babbies, me bairns" has become legendary, as have his habits of hurling Wagon Wheels into the audience and handing out bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale. Longest-serving panto dame to retire 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z It was originally a "monthly miscellany" which was designed to be "especially a friend of the mothers, wives, daughters and bairns of Scotland". The People's Friend looks for stories from its friends 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z "If the police had done their jobs in the first place and Nikki had got justice I might have had some kind of life with my bairns and grandbairns," she said. Nikki Allan: A mother's 30-year search for her daughter's killer 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "I'm lucky really. She lives with me mam. I'm lucky my mam could do that. Lots of lasses have their bairns taken away. "I want the best for her, you know? Does Middlesbrough deserve its unenviable reputation? - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The woman had been crying bitterly, moaning "oh my bairn, my bairn", and she was quickly interrupted by her husband and was told to "shut up, you'll get us both to jail". Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z CND activists toting giant puppets and a "bairns not bombs" prop pram were stationed outside the conference hall before the decision to debate Trident was even announced. Scottish Labour conference: Kez and Jez - separate but united - BBC News 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z He loves God, so God protects his bairns. The Final War Against Polio 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z No matter that the Aberdonian shot a final-day 67 when the rest of the field were moaning and grizzling like bairns about the long grass. The alternative ratings for the greatest Ryder Cup of all time 2012-10-01T18:24:43Z "I cannot think th' bairn wor telling 'em lies," the elder one mused again. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z This highlighted a scenario we were already considering in relation to the unknown bairn. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z So now for a nice quiet time, if you please, With the brace of most sweet-tempered bairns on her knees. Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Should a man who was an Independent allow himself or his bairns to have aught to do with Church folk on any pretence whatever? A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z If, therefore, the parents do not wish the bairns to retain the entr�e of the witches' Sabbath—held always at Benevento—it behoves them to take prompt action. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Her boy would have been two in May 1971 - the same age as the unknown bairn. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z "The Lord's will be done, bairn!" replied Deborah, in a tone of calm and natural piety. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z 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 When he had got up to her, "hold the child," said she in a fine hearty voice and in a moment she plumped the bairn into Gerard's arms. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z But oh, my bairns! they loved and served the Lord! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Eventually he was able to establish that the woman we believed was the sister was the likely mother of the unknown bairn. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z "My dear bairn! my pratty bairn! my noble bairn!" exclaimed she with a bounding heart, as she stood over him in affectionate admiration. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z In Scotland it is popularly called the gowan, and in Yorkshire it is the bairn wort, or flower beloved by children. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z And the day after his departure, his widow, “contracting a high displeasure,” took to her bed, and within a month deceased; so that all their bairns are now begging their meat.’ Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Step-child, step′-chīld, n. one who stands in the relation of a child through the marriage of a parent—also Step′-bairn. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z So it was that on 23 May 2022, 51 years after Ian Robertson had taken that walk along Tayport Beach, that the connection between the life and death of the unknown bairn was finally made. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Nor had his reasoning faculty re-asserted its dominion, ere the aged dame rose, and looking parentally upon him, while she uttered her usual evening farewell, "Good night, bairn!" took the way to her rustic couch. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z They all enjoyed themselves, and during their conversation the old man said, “Please God I may live to see my bairn wag his head in a pulpit yet.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The prospect, however, could not beguile her; and she continued firm in her simple resolve to dwell with her husband and bairns, whom she had no wish to abandon. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Do, children, go upstairs, like good bairns, and stay awhile.” The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z Under rainy skies, overlooking the silvery waters of the River Tay, the mystery of why no-one came forward to claim the unknown bairn had finally been laid to rest. Unravelling the mystery of the unknown bairn 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z "God speed thee, my dear bairn!" she cried,—"and help thee to take heed of thy ways, that no harm may befall thee!" Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z Bide still where you are, like a good bairn.” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z “And what brings my bairns so late across the muir the nicht?” she asked. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z “Did you e’er see such bairns before?” demanded the housekeeper of Aunt Sarah. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z If it's one of the children to mind, he'll smile and wink at the bairn. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z "I hope the ride will do thee no harm, bairn," she said, in a tone of the gentlest affection; "and how did ta spend the half-crown?" Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z She could not stay long—only long enough to be thanked and petted, and called “bonny bird” and “good bairn” by Mistress Campbell. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z And there’s no’ a bairn in a’ the clachan that doesn’t run to meet ye, Grannie, whenever ye come o’er the muir.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z If we had not a grand oat bin and a cow in the stable we bairns would oft go hungry. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z “She is but a bairn,” said Miss Jean gravely. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z There also the heart-broken once wife, newly-made widow, pours out the anguish of her soul as she clasps her fatherless bairn to her warm bosom. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z I doubt you’re but a bairn to the most o’ folk yet,” said she. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z But the bairns would meet him on his return, and he ay turned his steps to the auld kirk-yard, and there, on a flat tombstone, he would sit doon and tell them story after story. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z If one bairn gets it, all the others in the neighborhood catches it.” The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z They fell back at such times into the kindly speech of their childhood “minding” one another of this or that happy day when they were “a’ bairns thegither.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z O out o' this I winna rise, Till a boon ye grant to me; To change your lass for this lad bairn, King Honour left me wi'. English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z “Sit down and rest you, my bairn,” said her old friend tenderly. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z I had a bed in the railway carriage, and reached the goal of my desires at midnight, when the long-motherless bairns were asleep. Thirty Years in Australia 2011-10-25T02:00:27.397Z He had understood her interest in the bairn to be a corresponding interest in himself. The Angel of the Gila: A Tale of Arizona 2011-10-16T02:00:17.623Z “The bairns’ pleasure is the excuse, and no’ the reason, I doubt,” said he; but he laughed when he said it. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "O gentle nourice, still my bairn, O still him wi' the keys:" "He will not still, fair lady, Let me do what I please." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z "He harped the hind from the wild-wood home, He harped the bairn from its mother's womb." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z "What's the bairn's name?" said the schoolmaster, as he delved in his pouch for the tobacco. Ovind A Story of Country Life in Norway 2011-10-13T02:00:43.280Z But no, I must shake hands with you, and kiss the bairns,—why shouldn't I? if their mouths are clean and their breath sweet? Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z Werena you just the other day playing at ‘the beds’ with Mavis, and Emily Corbett, and the rest of the bairns on the sands? The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "O still my bairn, kind nourice,65 O still him wi' the ring:" "He will not still, my lady, Let me do any thing." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z "O pardon me, my brother dear, And the truth I'll tell to thee;50 My bairn it is to Lord William, And he is betrothed to me." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z By the laws of Fairy-land, I cannot take the bairn till the third day after this, and if by that time you have found out my name I cannot take him even then. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z I just wish you were back to keep up the fun, but your wife and bairns will like to keep you now. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Your father might have given in—though I dinna think it; or as they were little more than bairns, they might have forgotten ane anither—though I dinna think that either. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "O still my bairn, nourice; O still him wi' the pap!" English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z When they were laid upon their bed, It was baith soft and warm, He laid his hand over her side, Says he, "you are with bairn." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Methinks 'tis but an old wife's tale to frighten the bairns withal, lest they go straying amongst the heather and lose themselves. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Is my bairn to be corrupted, an' her father lookin on? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z Of course it was a pity about the tree, but it wasna Marion who broke it, and it wasna like my father to show anger to a guest, even to a bairn.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "O still my bairn, nourice, O still him wi' the bell!" English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z "O there was a woman stood at the door, Wi' a bairn intill her arms; But I wadna let her within the bower, For fear she had done you harm." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z Dost thou think that I am one of the bairns," he said, "'first to be frightened by an idle tale, and then to think that a leaf of clover will protect me? The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z The puir woman, wi' her bairn still in her arms, shrieked as she saw him depart, perhaps for ever. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z And ye needna wait a day for that, my dear bairn.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z They shaped him in fair Janet's arms, An esk, but and an adder; She held him fast in every shape— To be her bairn's father. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z He felt nae pity for Lillie Flower,45 Where she was lying dead; But he felt some for the bonny bairn, That lay weltering in her bluid. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z It turned and ran as fast as it could, and the shepherd and his wife and all the bairns ran after it, with their spoons in their hands, in hopes of catching it. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z But, May, my bairn, the guid man's sleeping wi' downright fatigue. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z They were good bairns on the whole, as their aunt said, and they were “bonnie lassies” as well. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "Nor blows the wind within my glove, Nor runs my mind on another love;" 35 "But I not maid nor maiden am, For I'm wi' bairn to another man." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z "Your bairn, that stirs between my sides, Maun shortly see the light:30 But to see it weltering in my blood, Would be a piteous sight." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z "Oh, sweet Madam Mistress," she cried, "spare me my bairn, and take, an' thou wilt, the pig instead." The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Oh, bairn!" said she to the serving maid, who stood beside her, "saw ye e'er the like o' yon? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z She was out, and away over the sands to the Tangle Stanes, and had renewed acquaintance with half the bairns in Portie, before Miss Jean was ready for her breakfast. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z O mother dear, I canna learn Wha is the father of my bairn. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z "Good son, where Lindis winds away, With her two bairns I marked her long; And ere yon bells began to play, Afar I heard her milking song." School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z "Well, how did they name the bairn?" he asked. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z I’m afraid there’s sore times coming, and if so, God in heaven help those poor bairns! Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z And I will be ‘Auntie Jean’ to his bairns. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Then out it speaks her brither dear, He meant to do her harm, "There is an herb in Charter-woods 60 Will twine you an' the bairn." English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z Thy pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Down drifted to thy dwelling place. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z Dost thou think that I can see my only bairn devoured by a Monster, and not lift a finger to try and save her when no other man will? The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z Bless the child, Miss Nathalie, but you and your friends have brought real sunshine straight to the heart of my bairn. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z “Run awa’, lassie, with the lave o’ the bairns,” said Miss Jean. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z And seven bairns, fair and fine, There she has born to him, And never was in good church door, Nor never gat good kirking. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z He will go no more poaching if he once wins clear, and if the fiscal sends him to prison the bairns will be hungry often or the winter's through. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z "Oh, dear Lady mine," pleaded the Goodwife, "if thou wilt not have the pig, wilt thou not spare my poor bairn and take me myself?" The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z “I never saw such bairns,” cried the old lady. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z “They were just a’ bairns thegither I thought, but I little kenned. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z And if I be with child, father, 'Twill prove a wondrous birth; For weel I swear I'm not wi' bairn 80 To any man on earth. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z The daughter's a hard working lass—sews for the gentlefolks; and she and her brither between them keep the two mitherless bairns fed. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z "I will fill the bairn's can out o' this," thought the old man to himself. The Scottish Fairy Book 2011-09-27T02:00:17.480Z “I meant I was glad she was too ill to have the bairns.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z They talked with the fishwives also in the town, and made friends with the bairns, who, as the days grew milder, came in flocks to their favourite playground, the sands above the town. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z First dip me in a stand o' milk, And then in a stand o' water; 175 But had me fast, let me not pass— I'll be your bairn's father. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z Then Mary would see Mr. Dane for the sake of the bairns. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Now I mean to make a fight for it here, for the sake of the wife and bairns. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z I dare say I can make some more, my bairn, and it will do for these two young tyrants. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z And the Lord deal with you as ye shall deal with the bairn that is willing to leave her father’s house to go with you.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z It haps my seven bairns and my wife. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z A wife came in for a pair of red worsted boots for her bairn, but would not take them for they had not blue fringes. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z "There will be four more adults to provide for, not to speak o' the bairns' feeding and washing." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Uncle and I will take care of you and the bairns.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z “They were just a’ bairns thegither,” she had said, “and had kenned one another all their lives.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Is it that bit bracelet the bairns play wi’? The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z That hut, you must know, was all so full of small bairns, and they all hung round their mother's skirts and bawled for food. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z I'm not going to stop in this house, and see your wife and bonnie bairn starved for food. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Ah, I’ll be bound to say he wanted to take the bairns over to the rectory.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z She was getting on in years, she was too old to begin a new life in new circumstances, and the bairns were getting beyond the need of her care. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z If there’s harm happened to those bairns—” She rushed to the porch. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z Once on a time there was a goody who had seven hungry bairns, and she was frying a pancake for them. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z They were going to take the bit bonnie bairn from her—and him every night, as like as not, having a black life-and-death-fight wi' what they ca' croup. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z If it hadn’t been for her and the bairns, not a penny of my hard savings would he ever have seen.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z He was a handsome, kindly lad, more like his mother than any of his bairns, and dearer than any of them to his father, because he was her firstborn. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z “But what have they done with the bairns?” demanded the housekeeper, in horror. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z But the king only said that wit came as children grew, and that there was the making of a man in every bairn. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z We'll all be doing our best to find the bit bairn. Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z Budge was stout and rosy, and daily putting on flesh at Tom Morrison’s cottage, where her duty was to “help missus, and nuss the bairn.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z His widow lived through years of heart-sickness that must have killed her sooner than it did, but that her two fatherless bairns needed her care. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z “The night before Christmas is no time for you bairns to be out of your beds.” The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z And the bairns stood round about, and the goodman sat by and looked on. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z But now she tells her master all about it, dwelling with pardonable pride on the "sweet nature of the bairn." Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones 2011-06-02T02:00:26.960Z Poor little bairns! mother and father in one sad week, Luke. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z They were but bairns when she died, with no one to look after them but a neighbour who had been always kind to them. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z And there’s many and many a lonely heart beside mine ma Corner House bairns have made to rejoice. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Once on a time there were five goodies, who were all reaping in a field; they were all childless, and all wished to have a bairn. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z “What can I hope for my bairns,” he added, “when they can’t get a breath of fresh air without seeing such as yon?” Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z “She’s a good little lass, and the trouble she was in about her bairn was terrible.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z The bairns had all grown big, and the streets and lanes, the houses and shops, had all grown narrow and small, she thought. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z “You bairns must tak’ a ‘bit in your fistie,’ as we used to say, and be patient till dinner time,” she said. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Thy pretty bairns in fast embrace, The lifted sun shone on thy face, Down drifted to thy dwelling-place.” Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z The bairn was crippled and mentally deficient, and kept crawling into the ashes, so that between it and her husband the poor woman had not a moment’s rest. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z It is the strong soul seeking his heritage, the first stirring of manhood in the boy, who will never be other than a bairn to his mother. Courtship and Marriage And the Gentle Art of Home-Making 2011-04-27T02:00:20.023Z But she is but a bairn in some things. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z But there, bairns, methinks I have talked enough about myself and my ship. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z There had been a dame school in one of the adjacent cottages, but the old ’oman gave it up, and now the bairns was runnin’ wild. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z What said you to the bonny bairn, My boy Tammy? Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z We believe, therefore, that Lizzy Lindsay erred not materially from the path of truth when she signalized us as "the maist fractious bairn that ever broke a woman's heart." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z “She’s but a bairn—though she is the height of our Jean, and coming on to womanhood,” said Miss Jean with a sigh. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Will the little bairn have made his entrance before you have this? Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z And what will ye leave to your bairns and your wife,, When ye gang over the sea, O?', The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z What said you to the bonny bairn, My boy Tammy? Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z “A bit of a quilt for a bairn just born,” she said, and smoothed it with her great hands. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z The suspense about the “Ben Nevis” would soon be over, but Miss Jean’s thought was that the ending of this suspense would not be the ending of her bairn’s troubles. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z In the name of my destitute bairns I curse him; and does he think that a mother's curse will sink fizzenless to the ground? The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z She begged for the bairn, and her husband allowed her to adopt it. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z All the bairns unborn will rue the day That the Isle of Man was sold away; And there's ne'er a wife that loves a dram, But what will lament for the Isle of Man. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The poor bairns didn’t seem to breathe down below there, and grew more white and pasty-looking every day till I got them up here. Friends I Have Made 2011-02-25T03:01:14.587Z And I think I am wearying for a sight of May and the bairns. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "Oh, then, you are safe enough, since he is a married man, my bairn," said Jane. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z “It’s not for t’ likes o’ me to advise a leddy like you, but yon bairn needs to be treated gently, for all t’ wulld like a bit o’ delicate chiney. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z She looked at me with a wondering smile on her face, as much as to say, 'Too good to be true;' and, acting on a common impulse, we rushed upstairs like expectant bairns. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z I went to tell her you were hame, and she was sobbing like a bairn that has been whipped ere it shut its eyes. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z And when it was whispered that they “had ay cared for one another since they were bairns together” the tokens of the general approbation were given with enthusiasm. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "It's going to take a lot of persuading, because we bred him ourselves and he's our bairn," he said. Silver By Nature on course for Grand National after second Trial win 2011-02-19T18:26:51Z "Indeed, my bairn, I think you might well be happy here," says nurse, tenderly returning to the charge. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z When he was a bairn o' three he was the very spit o' his aunt Marget. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Maria, my dearie, you will heed your father, of course, in a' things that are your duty—but—but—my dear bairn! A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z If it’s only May and her bairns that ye’re wanting, ye can easy get them. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Truth to say, she admired them enormously, they were her "bairns," but often her eyes would fill with tears as she said, "They're a' fine, but the best o' them's awa'." The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z But it told Corporal Jenkins that their hearts were true; and after the last clasp he strode away by himself to shed silent tears over his lost wife and motherless bairns. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z In the Kirk Session records of Perth we find an instruction minuted that the kirk-officer “have his red staff in the Kirk on the Sabbath days wherewith to waken sleepers and remove greeting bairns.” Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z "Then I think she ought to be looking after a desolate bairn like you; one would think you had neither kith nor kin near you, Maria." A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z “Ye’re no’ to vex yourself about your mother and the bairns, Sandy. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z All his life I've taken such care of him, because he's not just that awfully strong; he was real sickly as a bairn and awful subject to croup. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z "It's queer talk to make to a bairn," he said one day, smiling grimly, as he listened to her. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z I was the "bairn" summoned to his presence. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z A club of Kilmarnock's size shouldn't be allowed to continue with £11m in debt, hopefully today will sort the bairns from the boys. Live - Saturday's Scottish football 2010-05-08T10:44:00Z “You’ll ha’e May and her bairns through the summer, and plenty to do, and there is nothing better than that to put away—” “Discontent,” said Jean, as her aunt hesitated for a word. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z He was a sic a man, ye ken, an' he didna want to greet—eighteen he was, ma wee bairn. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Why for no, bairn?" cried James; "and how is it owre late? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 This was another sair blow to the poor cottagers, and was the cause of their bairns gaun barelegged in winter and hungry in summer. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Fareweel, husband! bairns!—to the protection o' Him whose battles ye go forth to fight, I resign ye. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 The bairns, at this moment, whom I thought I saw distinctly on the bridge, setting up a wicked shout o' derision, I awoke with the noise. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 My poor bairn had been landed in Scotland without a penny in her pocket, and was begging her way to Manchester, to throw herself at our feet, when Providence directed her to our door. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Oh, but it was a pleasant sicht to see how carefu he was o' the bairns!—and bonny bairns they were. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I have mentioned to ye his two surviving bairns—the name of the laddie was Edward, and of the lassie, Esther. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 I think, if wi' a' that ye bring in I get meat and bits o' duds for your bairns, I do very weel.' Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Do ye not tak into consideration that the bairn is learning in a foreign language? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 She sobbed as though her heart would burst, and would have fallen down and embraced our knees; but her mother pressed her to her bosom, and cried, "My bairn! my bairn!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 When my mother had said to him, as a quarter's wages became due—"Robin, I will never be able to stand thir bairns' schooling—sae mony o' them is a perfect ruination to me." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 It was plain as noonday that the murder of a young lassie, her bairn, and her honoured father, had never cost the young libertine a thought. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Judith," said her father, "speak to me, bairn—wha has done this? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 She even provoked her husband, until he lifted his hand and struck the orphan violently—forgetting the proverb, that "they should have light hands who strike other people's bairns." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Jamie," said she, "my bairn, why do ye sigh on this blessed day? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Ye canna but prosper, my bairn, for such conduct as this; and your marriage, though in the meantime it mayna seem to you to promise much felicity, maun in the end be a happy ane. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Aweel, when he had just reached the kirk stile, and was in the act o' lifting up his hand against them who were bearing the coffin into the kirkyard, what think ye, my bairn, happened? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 "Muffled men! then, bairn, your faither's betrayed!" exclaimed the freebooter, "an' there's naething but revenge and death left for Sandy Armstrong!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 "Is she a weel-faured woman, wi' a bairn at her foot?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 She, good soul, when the first surprise was over, said "she hardly kenned her bairn in sic a fine gentleman." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 "My bairn, my bairn!" replied her mother, overcome with this instance of her child's devoted affection; for well she knew the fearful extent of the sacrifice she had offered to make. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Ye see, my bairn, what a fearfu thing it is to persecute, and then to fall into the hands o' an angry and avenging God. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Tammy, my bairn," she replied, "what have I to pardon? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The words were as if a lightning had fallen on Menie's heart—his mother wrung her hands in agony, and cried, "My ruined bairn!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 "Oh!" exclaimed she, as she placed his breakfast before him, "is this the last meal that my bairn's to eat in my house?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 But knives shouldna be put into the hands o' bairns till they ken how to use them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 “Daisy, my poor bairn, I don’t think it no more.” The Parson O' Dumford "Whom do ye bring me here?" inquired the new-made knight; "a wife and bairn!—Hae ye been catching sparrows and let the eagle escape?—Whar hae ye the head and the hand o' the outlaw?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 "My son! my son!" exclaimed the wretched widow—"oh! is my bairn dead?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 "God bless my bairn!" she exclaimed, wringing his hand, and she leaned her head upon his shoulder, and wept as though her heart would burst. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 “Bring that bairn here,” cried a shrill voice, proceeding from a being, who, but for the shaping of the scanty garment she had on, might have been taken for a clay-daubed man. A Double Knot My poor bairn came up town last night, and she hasn’t been back. The Parson O' Dumford Elspeth," said the freebooter, "it is not your life they seek, and they canna hae the heart to harm our bairn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Bairn! bairn! there's something no richt," cried the mother, "between ye. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 "Thomas!" cried I, as I saw the letter shake in his hand, "is my bairn dead?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 She said it bred a heap of mischief and few fine bairns.” The Great Mogul Why, men and women and bairns, of course. The Parson O' Dumford Only one regent or tutor was necessary at first to teach the “bairns,” as the students were termed in the contract entered into between Rollock, the first regent, and the city fathers. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine They looked him out a cunning nurse, And nurtured well was he; Nor aught was wanting that became A bairn of high degree. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) It was not the loss of the money, nor even the manner in which it had been lost, that chiefly affected me, but the loss, the ruin, the disgrace of my bairn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 For, on the grass by the burn a bonnie bit bairn ran hither and thither waving its hands and laughing to the heavens for very gladness. Deep Moat Grange “But Daisy, my bairn, listen,” he cried, softening down. The Parson O' Dumford “How could I sit still, Gavin, and the town full o’ the skirls of women and bairns? The Little Minister "And look me out some cunning nurse, Well nurtured let him be; Nor aught be wanting that becomes A bairn of high degree." Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) "O Elizabeth!—Elizabeth is away!" sobbed my poor bairn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Gin ye be a wise bairn and dance it bonnie, Jeremy will gie ye, no the half o' his kingdom, but the hale! Deep Moat Grange “Then I begged on him to give me some tiding o’ my poor bairn. The Parson O' Dumford “What was the name of the doctor that warned women never to have bairns while it was hauding?” The Little Minister How can we have such darkness when the bairn is safe back? Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch "Take her into the kitchen, and let her warm herself and her bairns by the fire," said Priscilla. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 The bairn looked ever up into my face. Deep Moat Grange He’s forsaken my poor bairn, then, to come back here and mak’ love to she. The Parson O' Dumford Not having been blessed with bairns of his own, Mr. Blane had adopted a nephew from the Inverness Highlands, whose own name had been foregone in favour of his second father's. Donalblane of Darien Even the smallest bairns learn to have a wholesome fear of the opening, and ages of use have accustomed all Chinese to view such dangers with calm philosophy. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology "The bairn's the very sunshine of the house, and it would break my heart if she went." A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days For less will not serve her, and forbye a bairn is only an expense and an eating up o' good meat in any man's house!' Deep Moat Grange “Yes; to faight for the man as has gotten away thee bairn.” The Parson O' Dumford His mother could look forward to the exquisite pleasure of seeing "her own bairn wag his head in a pulpit!" Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Why had little knots of flowers been left by bairn and nurse, and why, ah, why! had the wee lips uttered a prayer for him? Love's Usuries The bairn's been told about it now, so I suppose I can speak before her? A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days It was like the whimpering of a bairn that is ill used and dares not cry out loud. Deep Moat Grange It’s thee own false writing same as these,” he cried; “your cursed love-letters to my poor bairn.” The Parson O' Dumford I shall soon send Kajiwo's last photo with some more fairy tales written by myself for your 'bairns.' Lafcadio Hearn The strokes of the “Sword of the Spirit” alight only on the conscience, and its edge is anointed with a bairn to heal every wound it may inflict.—Dr. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work In a moment, however, we were clasped in each other’s arms like a couple of bairns, the tears trickling down our faces. The Black Watch A Record in Action Supervisor Imrie shall be here and search every inch high and low if ye lay as much as a finger on the innocent bairn!' Deep Moat Grange “Mean, brave captain and leader!” cried Sim, making his plaid waistcoat wrinkle with his exertions; “why, that we’re going to trample down him as robbed thee of thy bairn.” The Parson O' Dumford They were long married and had no bairns: but at last the queen had a bairn, when the king was away in far countries. Custom and Myth New Edition "Miss Slessor," they would say, "you can eat as many as the bairns!" The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith "But ye are still my bairn," he continued. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Well or ill," said the old man, "I go to see these bairns across the bridge and safe on their way home. Deep Moat Grange Is the place a-bringing you money now, or starving your missus and the bairns?” The Parson O' Dumford The next day the giant came to claim the king’s promise, and he sent for the hen-wife’s bairn; and the giant went away with the bairn on his back. Custom and Myth New Edition "Oh, dear," she sighed, "what can I do with such bairns?" The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith "But, Helen, I say—Helen, set down the bairn a wee bit, and tell this honest gentleman the Dornoch story, ye ken." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 "Ye will be hungry, bairns," she said, with a curious nervous laugh, which reminded us unpleasantly of her sisters. Deep Moat Grange “To do, liar, coward, villain! was it not enew that you had all you could want, but you must come and rob me o’ my poor bairn?” The Parson O' Dumford I took out my wet cake of ’bacca, and whittled off a bit, shoved it in my cheek, shut my knife with a click, and sot thar watchin’ of ’em—father, and mother, and bairn. Seven Frozen Sailors She should have stayed a year, but when the winter came on with grey, cold, weeping skies, she and the bairns missed the sunshine and heat. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith "Bless the bairn!" said Sir Patrick, pressing her to his breast; "and where's the place, dearest?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 I doubt it not," said Mistress Caleb, a little dry like—what we call "cut" in our part of the country—"and so will Meysie Caw's bairns do the like. Deep Moat Grange “Poor bairn!” he said softly; “and I should ha’ slain thee too. The Parson O' Dumford On’y to think of her making that up, and taking it to poor Buddy’s little bairn! Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One I don't say that I don't love black bairns better and know them better than white ones, for I do. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith Only to live to have a master who’d beat and ill-use her, and make her slave to keep his bairns. The New Mistress A Tale “Why, my puir, daft bairn!” he said, tenderly, as he drew the gag from Jane’s teeth, and cut the rope which bound her feet. The Sapphire Cross “Ask him where he’s put thee bairn, Joe Banks; he knows,” cried a shrill voice, that of some woman; and another groan arose, making Richard draw back shivering. The Parson O' Dumford "And for that bairn's sake, ye wretch, I'll brave it!" exclaimed Andrew, while his teeth gnashed together; and he stepped back, in order that he might spring across with the greater force and safety. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative When at home she used to ask that these might be sent out, because the bush bairns were fond of them, but her friends just laughed in her face. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith How can he tell, just coming strange among the bairns, and asking a few queshtuns anyhow like! The New Mistress A Tale "Why, bless the bairns," exclaimed Mrs. McLean, gazing through the opening, while Professor Green impatiently awaited his turn. Molly Brown's Sophomore Days He’s agoing, lads, to pull down with us the bloated Aristorchus, as is living on his oil olive, and honey, while we heven’t bread to put in the mouths of our bairns.” The Parson O' Dumford Sic mercy as your maister had," returned the Faa, "when he burned our dwellings about the ears o' the aged and infirm, and o' my helpless bairns! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative If the bairns had been extra good she would gather them about her there after the lamp was lit, and show them everything. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith My ain dear bairn, I have no secrets from you; but time is too short to say much now. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago “Old men are twice children;” or, as they say in Scotland, “Auld men are twice bairns.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare “See here, lass,” he said, “thou must howd no more communication with that bairn o’ Banks’s. The Parson O' Dumford O my child! my bairn!—my first-born!—be patient—be patient. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative No books were used, and woe betide the bairn or visitor who did not know the beginning of the next verse! The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith I shall strike the bairns, and do all manner of mischief!” Witch Stories It was Maggie Barefoot, sir; her man was drowned last night; she has six bairns and not a bread-winner among them. Jan Vedder's Wife “And you didn’t see my bairn after?” said Joe, gazing full in the young man’s eyes. The Parson O' Dumford "O sir," answered the widow, "but they are tears o' gratitude that distress my bairn, and nae tears are mair precious." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Our skill in the hill-lore was to his but as the bairn's to that of the regent of a college. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway For that matter he minds her yet, as obedient as if he was her bairn.” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl They’ll be God’s bairns now, for they have neither kith nor kin. Jan Vedder's Wife But look here, lad; go and ask the boys to come and help you, and mebbe you’ll get a hundred of ’em ready to search for my bairn. The Parson O' Dumford O my bairn!" she exclaimed, "what has this day brought upon me!—they have murdered you! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative I keep the old name still, though the years have gone by, and though now in any talks of the old days, and of all our ancient ploys, there are the bairns to be considered. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway She is a big strong woman, ne’er sick hersel’, and without feeling for a bairn that is never well, and often vera sick. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl The women and bairns, who were led in leashes like so many dogs, were no doubt duly grateful to my Lord Scrope and his minions for their kindly attentions! Border Raids and Reivers Here is the poor bairn’s shawl, and her basket too. The Parson O' Dumford She was with the people in the glen to-day, and was first to raise the laugh when your dog fastened its teeth in the flesh of your ain bairn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Of all Sandy's bairns little Jock was the merriest and the worst, and of him Maisie had many stories to tell me, making merry when she brought me my piece in the twilight. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The women’s board will look after the bairns, and see that they get fair play in every respect. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl "Take it like a man—not like a whimpering bairn,"—and the speaker's grip tightened. Leonore Stubbs “Our wives and bairns ’ll soon be pined to dead,” said another man. The Parson O' Dumford No, my bairn," said his mother, "we'll ask you no questions—nobody shall ask you any! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative I told her that I knew not, but was eager to hear, for that I ever counted Jock the best bairn in all the coupe. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway She is never fearsome, or nervous, she never feels the dark to be full o’ what terrifies her vera soul, and she canna understand her bairn’s terror. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Ye're but a bairn and an ignorant fule-bairn at that:"—the broad Scotch accent lent itself readily to a wonderful mingling of compassion and contempt; "hark to me,—what? Leonore Stubbs Yes, my bairn, I was just coming to that. The Parson O' Dumford And when ye had anither bairn that was like to live, I forced a lassie, that some o' our folk had stolen when an infant, to bring it to us. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Notwithstanding, I was not cheered, but continued to greet like a bairn, only quietly, though I was grateful for his words, and took them not ill. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I thought they might come in for their ain bairns, and lo and behold! Christine A Fife Fisher Girl It's all very well to try to whitewash that old sinner, but you don't know human nature as I do, my bairn. Leonore Stubbs A came here and sat down just like a christian, and talked to the missus and played wi’ the bairns for long enough.” The Parson O' Dumford There are the bairns forbye, the children and the hope of Appin, that must be learned their letters and how to hold a sword, in that far country. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Yet when he spoke thus to us at this part of his pleading, it was most like the voice of a tender nursing mother that would wile her wayward bairns home. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Forbye, there is three prizes for the three best scholars—the bairns will go wild o’er them.” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl “She was sore put to it last winter to shelter her five fatherless bairns; and if my father liked any one more than others, it was Angus Campbell,” he thought. Prisoners of Conscience Well, ma’am, he’s a workman’s son, and my bairn’s a workman’s daughter. The Parson O' Dumford "O the gowk!" said I, "what business had he to fa' in love, when he had the bairns and his books to mind?" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 And we fairly trembled beneath him like silly bairns taken in a wrong. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I think little o’ paying bairns to learn their lessons. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Some of his bairns deserve and get the rod of iron. Prisoners of Conscience Why didn’t they call you Tom, or Harry, or Sam when thou wast a bairn?” The Parson O' Dumford He wasna seventeen at the time, and his widowed mother had five bairns younger. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 It was like my mother to think first of others; but in a little she said, "I trust I am not overproud, that my bairn is so honoured." The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I shall dream o’ the three happy bairns, and their prizes. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Knew that Sinclair had come to my house with the fever on him–knew that he had lifted my poor bairn, only that he might give her the death-kiss!” Prisoners of Conscience “Well, if I keep it together, it’s for our bairn, isn’t it?” said Joe. The Parson O' Dumford "You don't happen to be a married man, wi' a wife and bairns?" he asked. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia Maisie answered him no—an only bairn and riding to the college at Edinburgh. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway You canna leave a house its lane, any mair than a bairn. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl I know that I am sinning every day in weeping for my poor lost bairn, and yet I am that way made that I cannot help but weep for her. Prisoners of Conscience The sheriff gave me a week among my own friends to settle my worldly affairs, and bid the wife and the bairns good-bye. A Prince of Good Fellows “But, my bairn, you are not fit to die.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part But I wondered how this matter of the bairns liked him. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The Domine is as silly anent the bairn, as you are. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl He should have said to me, ‘Nanna, you may have a bairn, and it may be a child of sin, and thus foreordained to hell-fire.’ Prisoners of Conscience But I am thinking that I might have cried till now, and nobody would have answered, for it is my belief the bairn came there by magic! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III But, my bairn, the dew is thick on your head and has taken all the starch out of your dress. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Nevertheless they took the bairns and made them kneel, for that was the order, and without mutiny they could not better it. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway What are they going to gie our second wonder o’ a bairn?” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl How the good God can treat his bairns so, I know not; but you and I may also deserve his wrath in like manner. Prisoners of Conscience Bide at hame, and, with my bairns, plough up the green fields, that the earth may provide us with food, as a fond mother, from its bosom. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III What will become of my poor, bonnie bairn?” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Now when the soldiers came near to the huddled cluster of bairns, that same little heart-broken bleating which I have heard the lambs make, broke again from them. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway They were too easy to wear and tear, to be long-lived, but I fancy I can find a sleeping gown for the bairn, and maybe a shirt or twa. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl And if he had cared for my poor bairn he would not, by this and that, have prevented the minister coming to baptize her.” Prisoners of Conscience All your mother's Highland kinsfolk were never able to throw their second-sighted glamour into my een, and my own bairn shanna. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III "My bairn, we're going over the water together—you and me—to England—to your grandmother's." A Little Hero So they turned her out to the bare hillside with the bairns in her hand. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway “You are going to get well and strong, and big, and learn how to read and write and play, yoursel’, like ither bairns.” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Hut, tut, tut, but we'll have no such words as these, my bairn. Under False Pretences A Novel But the poor bairn seemed more bewildered to find itsel' where it was than I did, and the more I offered to speak to it, it cried the louder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III "Yes, my bairn; and it's fine stuff to make growing lads." A Little Hero And Sandy's young wife, Jean Hamilton, with her sucking bairn, was in the little angled chamber that opens off the turret stair near by. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Mothers, going home, called to her, “Christine, look after my bairn,” and then went contentedly away. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Nay, The little bairn was her greatest comfort, sir. The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts Dinna ye think they wad risk the sea an' the strangers, to make a safe future for their bairns? Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement She's been talking day and night of her bairn; but you must, mind, let her have her sleep out. A Little Hero Thus it is with the lambs on the hill, and so also it was with the bairns that clung together in a cluster on the brae-face. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The hill is now o’er much for you—and the noisy women, and skirling bairns! Christine A Fife Fisher Girl God is my witness, I ever preferred you to my bairns, much more than to a subject.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Gude kens it never cam’ to me; and here I am, wi’ nayther man nor bairn to ca’ my ain, wearying a’ folks wi’ my ill tongue, and you just the first, Mr. Erchie!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston “You are to bear in mind that you are Mr. Alexander’s father: give the bairn a chance to carry his name with some responsibility.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Indeed we bairns of these years played at Covenanting, as it had been the game of "Scots and English" on the hillside, even from the time when we first began to run alone. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway If a bairn dies in our village, its folk wear blacks for a year. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Long after you are dead, and me an old wife, I will be telling the bairns about David Balfour, and my tears running. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) So apparently thought the thrifty old housekeeper, who came out in a plain alpaca gown, and said, 'Ah, my bairns, but you'll soil your beautiful frocks sitting on those garden-seats!' A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends It’s him—it’s the old bairn that played with you—O, can ye never, never forgive him?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) We were by a gap in the bushes, and the ill-doers, seeing no more of us thought, no doubt, that there must be more behind, or two bairns had never been so bold. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The bairn is in our keeping, till he is fourteen. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl It was about this time o’ the year; my grandfaither was out at the white fishing; and like a bairn, I b�t to gang wi’ him. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) There's nothing so much worth in this world as one's character—never forget that, my bairn,' said the old nurse. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends And we used to be bairns together!” and wept and sobbed, and fondled the old man, and clutched him about the neck, with a passion of a child in terror. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) For this was the favourite bairns' play everywhere in the West and South. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I’m no a bairn, Domine; and she treats auld and young as if they were bairns. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl “There,” said Miss Grant to me, “run out by with ye, like a good bairn, I didna come here to stand and baud a candle; it’s her and me that are to crack.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) But 'nursie' could say what she liked to her 'bairn,' who took it quite meekly, and did as she was told, and left Stella alone. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends “The bairn, my lord!” said I, with some severity, for I thought his expressions little fitted for the ears of children. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) It was an old game with us, like the sand houses we used to build in bairns' play. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway She has spent the best o’ her hours teaching the bairn. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl In sooth to say, he was a young man of a disorderly nature, and about seven months after he left the town twa misfortunate creatures gave him the wyte of their bairns. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters And now, my bairn, just try on these stockings; they will be cooler for spring, and I don't know if they are long enough or not,' she wound up. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends For himself he would have faced death manfully, but again it was the thought of wife and bairns that unmanned him. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series Mostly the folk had marked us come, and often there was no one to be seen, but, as it might be, a bairn or two playing about the green. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Christine has been making up poetry ever since she was a bit bairn. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl "But," said my grandfather to him, after she had been some time away, "is't your design to take the unfortunate woman back among your innocent lassie bairns?" Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters Have you lost her long, my poor bairn?' inquired the housekeeper. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends But the thoughts of a wife and bairns had already prevailed over prejudice; he realised the responsibilities of a husband and father, and pocketed his pride. Robert Burns Famous Scots Series And one thing I noticed, that the lassie bairns were stiller and grat not so much as the boys—all save one, who was a laddie of about ten years. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Well, my dear Gosse, here’s wishing you all health and prosperity, as well as to the mistress and the bairns. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) O blessed Mary, thy sorrow was light compared to my burden, for thy bairn was holy, and meek, and kind, and without sin. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters An entire bullock shall be roasted, and wives and bairns shall eat o’ it.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative “I couldn’t save the mother—her that’s dead—but the bairn!” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI Then Westerha' rode forward almost to the midst of the cloud of bairns, "gollering" and roaring at the bit things to frighten them, as was his custom with such. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway A bairn’s an excuse; I ken that fine, Mistress Watt. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV On his entrance his wife served out, in orderly sort, such dinner as she had to give him and the bairns. Shirley O sir! the wife and the bits o’ bairns press unco sairly upon a man’s heart, when death tries to come in the way between him and them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative I can remember Charlie as a bairn, and even then he was always into mischief. The Monk of Hambleton "Hark ye," he cried, "ill bairns that ye are, ye are all to dee, and that quickly, unless ye answer me what I shall ask of you." The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Ah, if the girl could have known how that great-hearted old soul had mourned her “little bairn” these many months. Carmen Ariza "And poverty, and a nursery full of bairns you can neither clothe nor feed, and very soon an anxious, faded mother; and then bankruptcy, discredit—a life-long struggle." Shirley Poor Simon o’ Yarrow-foot is to be my companion in death, and he whines to meet his fate with the weakness of a woman, and yearns a perpetual yearning for his wife and bairns. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative In the city there are little bairns who have done no wrong. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century At the sound of the muskets some of the bairns fell forward on their faces as if they had been really shot. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Clara is going to see after her bairns, and I'm going to read the Pall Mall. Name and Fame A Novel One of her keenest pangs was in seeing how boisterously the three bairns romped with "Jack" even after she had dismissed him from her own good graces as utterly unworthy of her regard. Marion Fay No, no! my bairn was wrong—very wrong. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Each woman with her bairns flees to the hills. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century But as they sang I saw trooper after trooper turn away his head, for, being Scots bairns, they had all learned that psalm. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway When he rose he was made to stand upon the green before his own house, with his wife and bairns at the door, and Claverhouse commanded so many of his men to fire upon him. Graham of Claverhouse But the fact was patent,—as was also that too, too-sad truth of the existence of a brother older than her own comely bairns. Marion Fay A bairn now stands as good a chance to hold and to have, as an armed man that has a hand to take and to defend. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Every year she opens the door and turns two million wee bairns upon the world. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated James Johnstone seemed somewhat moved by the matter of the bairns, but by the morning light he had again hardened his heart, like Pharaoh, more bitterly than before. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway There were tears in Hannah's eyes and her nose was red as she welcomed "Miss Fay's motherless bairns." Jan and Her Job But, at any rate, she was his wife, and the bairn would be his bairn. Is He Popenjoy? “An’ oh, ma’am, or mistress!” cried Simon, “hoo fares it wi’ my dear wife an’ bairns? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative And what will ye leave to your bairns and your wife? The Balladists Famous Scots Series Hoot," said Clavers, who was not sharp set that day, perhaps having had enough of Westerhall's dealing with the bairns yesterday, "come away, Johnstone; 'tis but another of your Eskdale saints. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I thought you'd like to give the bairns their tea yourself the first day, Miss Jan. Jan and Her Job Any bairn knows that they’ll reckon to get there just before dawn. The Spoilers of the Valley Do ye really mean to tell me that I stand a chance o’ being saved, an’ that I shall see my wife an’ bairns again?” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative An' its oh to win awa' Whaur the bairns come hame, an' the wives they bide, An' God is the Father o' a'! Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Mud and filth cumber the door-steps, runnels of malodorous water ooze along the rows, ragged and ill-kempt bairns tumble about like little savages. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Take care you don't love him too much," says doctor, looking quite grave; "folks mustn't make idols even of their own bairns. Poppy's Presents “An’ wha’s to bring up the bairn?” asked the mother, who knew it was in vain to put the same question twice to Geordie. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Or, could I look on the face of an angel”—— “Out on ye, blasphemer!” interrupted the Covenanter—“wad ye apply siccan epithets to a bairn o’ mine? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative Whisht, then, my bairn, and Jean will catch the sunshine for you;” and Jean danced him vigorously before the window, while Fay penitently dried her eyes. Wee Wifie My two bairns had been free of those illnesses 81 and infections which come to the city child, and I was glad enough to remember it. The Prairie Child Buccleuch put his arm round me, and spoke slowly, as one would speak to a bairn. Tales From Scottish Ballads I laugh, an’ say to the bonny bairn, that it will stan’ in place o’ a coral or cornelian necklace to her.—Ha! ha! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI “Awa, sir!” exclaimed the old man, vehemently, “wad ye bribe my bairn into disobedience, by the ornaments o’ folly an’ iniquity! Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative “May be the bairn does not know his mither apart from the women angels,” muttered Jean, in a gruff aside, as she laid down her pile of dainty linen. Wee Wifie And my two bairns have a new and highly poetic occupation. The Prairie Child Had he been a bairn or a woman I should have said he was like to weep. Tales From Scottish Ballads “Villain!—villain!” cried one man, older than the rest, “ye hae killed ane o’ the sweetest bairns that ever drew breath. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI “Oh, dear sake! how will a’ this end for my puir bairn!” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative “Woman-angel indeed,” she sobbed, “and how am I to bide without her and the bairn, and they the verra light of the house—as the saying is?” Wee Wifie My bairn knew what he was trying to get at, but it’s plain he didn’t quite know how to get there. The Prairie Child "Let the bairn go first," he said; "it is his right, for he has saved him." Tales From Scottish Ballads “Come here, my bairn,” cried her mother, “and in the presence of these witnesses receive a hand that ye may be proud o’.” Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Is it my bonny Miss Ellen?" said the voice of the housekeeper, coming softly in; "is my bairn sitting a' her lane in the dark? The Wide, Wide World “A better never breathed,” faltered poor Elsie, as she drew her hand across her eyes; “he was my only bairn, was Willie.” Wee Wifie There were twin babies, but one died the next day after it reached me, poor bairn. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young "Let me say good-bye to my eldest son, Sakelde, and send him home; or do the English war with bairns?" Tales From Scottish Ballads “But I’m not so poor but that I can shelter my brother’s orphan bairns for a while at least.” The Orphans of Glen Elder Of course it’s right to go to the kirk, and I promised grannie I would go this afternoon to the Scott school-house with the bairns. David Fleming's Forgiveness Run away, Jean, and warm a sup of milk for the bairn, and may be his mother would like a cup of tea and a freshly baked scone. Wee Wifie "Are ye no aware, ma'am, that he is my ain bairn?" Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young As it was, we could only watch and pity, and keep the bairns in the chambers that looked on the sea, so that their young eyes should not gaze on so ghastly a scene. Tales From Scottish Ballads Well, it’s a good bairn that likes to do what it’s bidden. The Orphans of Glen Elder For the last days were days of waiting for the change of which they spoke often to the bairns so dear, and to one another. David Fleming's Forgiveness Jean, lass, where are you? here are two bairns, and one of them looks fit to faint—ay, why, it is never our dear little Miss Mordaunt? Wee Wifie She sat an hour at a time, and then her mate would come and call her off for a rest and a change, while he skipped down the ladder and fed the bairns. A Bird-Lover in the West "Bring down the bairns, Marian," said my lady. Tales From Scottish Ballads Whisht! do you not see that you are vexing the bairns? The Orphans of Glen Elder He would like it better if we were better bairns. David Fleming's Forgiveness And then she cried, poor bairn, and said she would like to stay in Rowan-Glen.” Wee Wifie And the poor old wifie must be just contented and happy, spending her last days with you and the bairns. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young I heard them when I was a bairn, as I lay awake at night in my cot. Tales From Scottish Ballads Do you not see that you are vexing the bairns?” The Orphans of Glen Elder “Where are the bairns?” were the first words he uttered, and his face changed and softened as he spoke. David Fleming's Forgiveness Take both the bairns away, and watch over them as though they were lambs of the fold—and so they are lambs of His fold,” finished the old man. Wee Wifie "It's the bairns we were looking for," quavered the old woman. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young We were laughing at the bairn's story, and wondering who the strangers could be, when old Andrew himself appeared, a look of concern on his usually jocund face. Tales From Scottish Ballads It’s only play to hear the bairns read and spell. The Orphans of Glen Elder “There’s no fear for the bairns,” she went on, cheerfully. David Fleming's Forgiveness Married, my bairn; why, you look only fit for a cot yourself; and with a bairn of your own, too. Wee Wifie Give to yon widow—thy gift is thrice blest, For tho’ she be silent, the harder she’s press’d; A small bit o’ help to the little she earns, God blesses the giver to fatherless bairns. Revised Edition of Poems There was milk for the bairns, and capons, and eggs. Tales From Scottish Ballads You see, it’s dull enough down at my house at this time of the year, and I find it long sitting by myself when the bairns have gone home. The Orphans of Glen Elder “Nothing more than usual; nothing the Lord doesna ken o’, my bairn. David Fleming's Forgiveness What do they call him, my bairn, and where does he live?” Wee Wifie "I don't so very well like the look o' the bairn," she said, surveying him carefully. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young The bairns were the only ones who ever saw him idle, and oh, how they loved him! Tales From Scottish Ballads “Let me just try it a while, aunt,” she pleaded; “I am sure I can get on with you to advise me; and the days will seem shorter with the bairns coming and going.” The Orphans of Glen Elder And you’ll just go to your dinner with the minister and the bairns, and I’ll rest myself a wee while, for, oh! David Fleming's Forgiveness It's a good thing ye're not lost away from your natural home, which I'd be sorry to think of happening to any bairn. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young “Ay, ’tis a bonnie place,” said Mr. Gregg, greatly exalted in his own eyes, as master of the premises;—“an’ very healthy for the bairns. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life It may have been the recreant husband and father, unable longer to deny himself a look at his bairns,—who knows? The Foot-path Way It’s time your mother had some one to care for her besides these bairns.” The Orphans of Glen Elder “My bonny Katie, gentle and wise, a bairn with the sense of a woman,” said she to herself, but she did not let her tenderness overflow. David Fleming's Forgiveness The bairns are then taken over one by one, doggie seizing hold from behind of the child's dress. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young Either there had been but one other bairn, and he had got out before I did,—things happen so rapidly in the redstart family,—or there had been a tragedy, I could not discover which. Little Brothers of the Air There isna a bairn that I have among ye to mend another. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 “There’s your aunt again, with Mrs Graham and the manse bairns,” said Ellen, as they approached. The Orphans of Glen Elder “I could almost fancy that we were going away together into some strange country, into the country of the ‘wraiths’ maybe, that grannie whiles tells the bairns about. David Fleming's Forgiveness Whimpering, white-faced women and wailing bairns ran hither and thither blindly. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 Three bonny bairns in blue were on that dead spruce tree; two close together as before, and the third—who seemed more lively—sitting alone. Little Brothers of the Air But ye will, perhaps, be brought to think on't, when neither your bairns nor me have a stool to sit upon.' Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 But take the books, bairns, and let us be thankful that, whatever may befall us or our land, we have always the same word to guide us.” The Orphans of Glen Elder It would be for a while’s peace, you ken, as the bairns were at home.” David Fleming's Forgiveness Every glen will have its wailing wife and its fatherless bairns. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 I had no leisure to look after her; I wanted to make acquaintance with her bairn, and I did. Little Brothers of the Air "I will, indeed, be eerie," answered Helen—"very eerie; but do mak all the haste ye can, and I will tent baith mother and bairn until ye return." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 At every visit she saw, or seemed to see, that he was changing for the worse; and “poor, helpless bairn!” or “poor pining laddie!” were the most cheerful names she gave him. The Orphans of Glen Elder And now you’ll run up the brae after him, and take no heed, but wile him from his vexing thoughts, like a good bairn as you are.” David Fleming's Forgiveness “I think of my poor wife and eight fatherless bairns,” said Cromartie sadly. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 She went down stairs, slowly, just before the hour for the children's dinner, and found her friend, with one or two of the bairns, in the garden. The Vicar of Bullhampton An elderly gentleman stepped off from the dicky beside the driver, and out of the chaise came a young lady, a gentleman, and two bonny bairns. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 With regard to “lassie bairns” there was no exception; and he was by no means pleased that the answer to his question should be referred to one of these. The Orphans of Glen Elder And now haste you and take your supper, for it is time for the bairns’ catechism and we mustna keep your grandfather waiting.” David Fleming's Forgiveness But one there was whose presence and whose playful ways never seemed to vex him, and that was his pet bairn, Nannie, his wee lammie, as he often called her. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success |
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