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单词 Scotchwoman
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A very strong-minded Scotchwoman had been asking the character of a cook she was about to engage. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z
“Don’t mind about me, lassie,” returned the Scotchwoman. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z
The careful consonants and musical cadences of the Scotchwomen were such a balm to the ear! The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z
This reminds me that I have read of a Scotchwoman consulting her dying husband as to whether the scones to be made for his funeral should be square or round. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z
The Scotchwoman evinced a serene indifference to anything she might say or do, which influenced her more than she would have cared to own. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z
It seemed to the Scotchwoman there was but one thing for her to do. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z
We fortunately obtained an excellent housekeeper, a worthy Scotchwoman, whose husband was engaged as overseer in the mine for one of the companies. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z
The house was luxuriously furnished, and a Scotchwoman, as housekeeper, watched over all the barbaric creatures—servants on the place. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z
Another friend, whose house was always open to him, and had been since he was a boy, was a certain Mrs. Bundy, a motherly, cheerful, eccentric Scotchwoman. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z
The only question she had to decide was whether she would be a match for the Scotchwoman. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z
But haste is not in a Scotchwoman's faculty. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z
The old Scotchwoman was never an easy writer. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z
Or is there only one—it said 'an elderly Scotchwoman'. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
The smiling Scotchwoman came to the door with her bedroom candle in her hand. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z
The present missionary is Mr. Burrowes, and his wife, the latter a genuine Scotchwoman of the better sort.  Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z
"Yes, so she is, to see if they are 'Central'; had she not been sold by my b�te noir, I should say she was a canny Scotchwoman." A Romance of Toronto A Novel 2011-04-23T02:00:04.677Z
Nothing short of a Scotchwoman could have lived through her attack. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z
"This must be the 'elderly Scotchwoman,' Delia," I said after reading the note twice. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
Thus, in detailing the scene with Mrs. R——, I was instinctively led to picture a group of Scotchwomen, sitting socially together and listening to a similar story. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z
On Sunday she went to the kirk like a true Scotchwoman, and one day she wrote in her journal enthusiastic praise of Dr. McLeod's sermons, because they were so "simple and eloquent," she said. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z
It was rather barely furnished to American eyes, but very clean and orderly, and there was nothing bare in the greeting given by the sweet-faced old Scotchwoman to her long-unseen child and that child's child. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z
And now I’m haled from a nice comfy corner in the club to have dinner with that estimable Scotchwoman. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z
This is the place where you 're to help the Scotchwoman, as I understand it. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
There was her maid, Ada, a large Scotchwoman, who would play the part about as nimbly as a hobbled cow. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z
I have often admired Scotchwomen of a pronounced Celtic type. Friend Mac Donald
In the interior of the kitchen, a Scotchwoman showed to the party a recess where “The bard peasant first drew breath.” Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands
The greatest of these, beyond all question, was Charles Forbes de Montalembert, whose mother was a Scotchwoman, and his father French ambassador in Sweden. A Short History of French Literature
I was beginning to love this gentle, reticent Scotchwoman. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
A Scotchwoman said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906
But though I disliked the familiarity, I saw immediately that the good creature, a bony Scotchwoman of at least fifty summers, had not had the least intention of joking me, still less of vexing me. Friend Mac Donald
Nan was a Scotchwoman, not young, and with a temper which, never good, became worse as she grew older. The Lamplighter
The cook is a big Scotchwoman, with very large bones, and a great many of them. Portia or By Passions Rocked
"Why you advertised your mother as 'an elderly Scotchwoman'?" A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z
The queen claimed him of the king at supper, and he was treated more like an Alexander returning victorious than as a drenched hen as the old Scotchwoman had predicted. Francezka
A confidential person was obtained, herself a Scotchwoman, to carry the child into Fife, and there to expose it, under the circumstances and with the provision already mentioned. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III
An old Scotchwoman called Maggie, who had left her northern home with Jeff's mother when she was married, did everything for the little boy that was required. A Little Hero
Of her biography we know no more than that, a Scotchwoman by birth, she married a French diplomatist, who, in 1860, was serving the State as French ambassador to the Court of Pekin. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century
Mrs. Wynn would like to see her often; but the Scotchwoman was thrifty and hardworking, with a large family to provide for: she could not afford to pay visits, and scarcely to receive them. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement
She was ravenously hungry; and yet she had eaten a good lunch and did not like to demand of Mrs. MacCall that bite between meals which was so abhorred by the Scotchwoman. The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended
But before the old Scotchwoman did this, she stopped to have quite an animated conversation in the hall with the visitor. A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends
Mrs. Mitchell, of Carolside, was a Scotchwoman of an Aberdeen family. Records of Later Life
"It don't amount to much, but, as the Scotchwoman observed of her clergyman's head, 'it's some good to the owner.'" A Noble Woman
She was given to the care of a faithful Scotchwoman who had once been our servant. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
Frances Wright, a noble Scotchwoman, a friend of General Lafayette, early imbibed a love for freedom and a knowledge of the principles on which it is based. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Here the girls saw much society, for the old Meades were hospitable, and the Mother Meade, a Scotchwoman, had a great idea of establishing her daughters. Love and Lucy
"Yes," she replied, in English, "my mother was a Scotchwoman, and a Protestant." An Old Sailor's Yarns
She was a pleasant-spoken Scotchwoman, and before I took my leave she said chaffingley that it was a pity she wasn’t twenty years younger, for then she might have been “my lassie.” Adventures and Recollections
Why, then I am going to live with a lady whom I don't love; her name is Helen Dartmoor; she is a Scotchwoman, and a cousin of my mother's. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School
Frances Wright, a noble Scotchwoman, early sought to make herself thoroughly acquainted with the nature of our institutions, and the genius of our government. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
We took up quarters in the Suera Hotel, managed by a capable Scotchwoman and her husband, who had once farmed on the veldt. In the Tail of the Peacock
As the Scotchwoman said when they asked her if she understood the sermon, Wad I hae the presumption? A Pessimist In Theory and Practice
The youthful Prince’s nurse, happily for him, was a shrewd Scotchwoman, and Percy took little by his motion, “Pray you, Mrs Fordun, whither leads that door?” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
I do remember, in particular, a tidy, laborious, parsimonious, pragmatical little Scotchwoman, Christiana. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
“For my part,” said Mr Enderby, “I think the old Scotchwoman was right; Providence helps those that help themselves, and takes care of those who take care of themselves.” Deerbrook
An Englishman, notwithstanding the fact that he was born in Ireland, his mother was a Scotchwoman, and he married a lady of Welsh descent! The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
"I don't have to look at my knitting," said Chatty Burns; "but then, I'm Scotch, and every Scotchwoman knits." The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life
He is an old bachelor, and has nobody to keep his house but our Sam’s mother, a Scotchwoman—old Elspie they call her. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow
The aunt is a well-drawn type of old-fashioned Scotchwoman, infinitely more natural and more interesting than the niece. Robert Louis Stevenson
You do not understand," she said again, but gently; "my mother was a Scotchwoman, so I feel differently, of course. Three Margarets
The concern originated in a small shop, where, some fifty years ago, a Scotchwomen sold candy, with her two boys as clerks. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
His mother was a Scotchwoman, and he was himself brought up and educated in Edinburgh. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
She valued long descent, and noble blood, and loyalty to a fallen dynasty like a Scotchwoman, but, like a Scotchwoman, she also respected capability and energy and endurance. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls
Any one would think such an impropriety impossible to a Scotchwoman. Alec Forbes of Howglen
I wish Morgan could have had the gumption to marry in his own country; but he must go running after a Scotchwoman! The Wide, Wide World
She was a Scotchwoman, he had heard, and a very lovely character. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life
She bent her head and wept, and these tears betrayed what her exile had been to the Scotchwoman's heart. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow
In the direct line he was a Duke, and she was a Scotchwoman. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls
Nor with the Scotchwoman who required, as a condition of her admiration, that a sermon should contain some things at least which transcended her comprehension. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic
Here is one whose father was an Irishman and his mother a Scotchwoman; here is another whose paternal line were country parsons, while his maternal ancestors were city merchants or distinguished soldiers. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Why a Scotchwoman should be turned loose in the Inferno, I cannot say; but it seems her father or her grandfather wrote school-books, and she is carrying on the educational traditions of the family. Americans and Others
Gladys asked kindly, and the surprise deepened on the Scotchwoman's face. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow
We also met a fine specimen of the noble, intelligent Scotchwoman, such as Walter Scott and Burns knew how to prize. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
Indeed, Lionel was very much in the position of the irate old Scotchwoman whose toes were trodden upon by a man in a crowd. Prince Fortunatus
"Wanted, Second Housemaid of three, Scotchwoman preferred; willing to wait on table if required; comfortable situation." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04
I am not English," answered the maiden, with a smile; "I am French upon my father's side, and my mother was a Scotchwoman. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America
After the Revolution, Frances Wright, a young Scotchwoman, came to America to lecture and write, claiming equal political rights with men. Woman in Modern Society
There was a Scotchwoman who lived upon a farm a few miles West of Quebec, and whose husband was serving on our side as one of Colonel Maclean's Royal Highlanders. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces.
Margaret did not know this, or the thought of the angular and well-bred Scotchwoman bounding over the glad waters of the dark blue sea would have made her smile. Doctor Claudius, A True Story
We had a nice couple at the lodge, an old cavalry soldier who had been for years coachman at the château and who had married a Scotchwoman, nurse of one of the children. Chateau and Country Life in France
An elderly Scotchwoman, the caretaker, appeared from the back and stood waiting to show them over. Lady Rose's Daughter
A worthy Scotchwoman told me, that the way to be cured of my toothache was to find a charm for it in the Bible. Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850
When I was quite a lad, I remember an old Scotchwoman visited our house. Weapons of Mystery
I was surprised to hear the voice of a Scotchwoman in the camp this morning. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
It was curious to see the tall, gaunt figure of the Scotchwoman, always dressed in a short linsey skirt, loose jacket, and white cap, in the midst of the chattering, excitable women of the village. Chateau and Country Life in France
The Scotchwoman saw that she wanted to be alone and left her. Lady Rose's Daughter
She must be vulgar—all Scotchwomen are so. Marriage
Frances Wright was a Scotchwoman, born at Dundee in 1797, and early exhibited a keen intellect on all the subjects which concern political and social reform. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions.
The door of the Otto home was wide open, and silhouetted in the flood of light was the good-natured Scotchwoman. The Hunted Woman
The Scotchwoman kept much to herself and rarely left the park. Chateau and Country Life in France
"I don't understand him," said the Scotchwoman, shaking her head. Lady Rose's Daughter
"I hope you won't carry away the impression that these two lusus naturae specimens of Scotchwomen," said her uncle. Marriage
She continued: "But ye see a guid, honest Scotchwoman's no to be suspected of being shabby at her own table; so read ye that, which you may take for the bread-pudding." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII
The Scotchwoman heaved a tremendous sigh of relief. The Hunted Woman
This celebrated woman was a true Scotchwoman—staunch to her principles, proud of her birth, energetic, and determined. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire
"I have been abroad during a considerable period," replied the person she addressed, a stern-looking Scotchwoman who did not appear anxious to enter into conversation. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story
"I speak Italian," said Mrs. Somerville; "but no one could ever take me for other than a Scotchwoman." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860
Dalgetty was a person of middle age, a strongly made Scotchwoman with a high forehead and fashionable rolls of sandy hair. Eleanor
A Scotchwoman of the old type, whom a Caleb might have married without loss of dignity. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude
He was her old friend, a second or third cousin, a Scotchman, as she was a Scotchwoman. England, My England
"It's a far cry north to my home," said the Scotchwoman, thawing slightly. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story
I often doubt it, myself; but I fancy the little Scotchwoman will not be able to satisfy either of us upon that point. Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power
It was now near night, and, the place of meeting being a farm-house, he went boldly into it, where he found the mistress, an old true-hearted Scotchwoman, sitting alone. Ten Great Events in History
"Are ye frae the braes of Gleneffar?" said an old Scotchwoman to me; "were ye at our kirk o' Sabbath last, ye would na' ken the difference." The Englishwoman in America
"I am cautious, my lord, though not a Scotchwoman," returned Mrs Courthope. Malcolm
Ah," she said, "an all Scotchwomen were sic as thou but it was our luck to get born devils of thy country, I think—every one worse than t'other. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2
She is a truly genial, hearty Scotchwoman, and seemed to enter happily into the spirit of the hour. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe
On closer enquiry, Capstern recollected that Menie Gray, a young Scotchwoman, had come out under charge of Mrs. Duffer, the master's wife. The Surgeon's Daughter
"In our times," said an old Scotchwoman, "there's fully mony modern principles," and the first of these seems to be the substitution of a serious and critical discernment for the light-hearted sympathy of former days. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
Dolores felt herself insulted; she turned red all over, with feelings the old Scotchwoman could not understand. The Two Sides of the Shield
Her Majesty could not help smiling at the awe-struck manner in which the quiet demure figure of the little Scotchwoman advanced towards her, and yet more at the first sound of her broad northern accent. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2
The first step was to find a Scotchwoman whom we might trust. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce
The pretty little Scotchwoman leant over and whispered. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
Even the Dandy and the Fizzer were converted; and Jack having realised that there are such things as Scotchwomen—Scotch-hearted women—a new bond was established between us. We of the Never-Never
I counted the buttons on the Scotchwoman's waist eight or ten times, and by-and-by she asked if I was sick. The Barrier
She looked all round, muttering such truncated imprecations as befitted the mouth of a Scotchwoman; but as none of her milk was touched, her wrath gradually abated: she picked up the fragments and withdrew. Sir Gibbie
His sisters, who, taking after their mother, were all true Scotchwomen, now urged upon him to comply with Archie's request and accompany him to Lanark. In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce
The good and gentle Scotchwoman stayed alone with the convict leader for two long hours. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant
These two were Scotchwomen by birth, and both were widows. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English
It was not difficult to arouse the apprehension of this person, who, though a stout-hearted Scotchwoman, was ready enough to listen to anything that confirmed her dread of Indian cruelties. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea
It's away from the railway; it's away from the high-road: it's kept by a decent, respectable Scotchwoman—" "Decent, respectable Scotchwomen who keep inns," interposed Geoffrey, "don't cotton to young ladies who are traveling alone. Man and Wife
"Not over much, Mr. Starr," replied the sturdy Scotchwoman; "we have been accustomed to explore the old Aberfoyle mine for whole days together." The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern
As this singular being reclined on Madge's bed and awoke to consciousness, as from a long sleep, the old Scotchwoman began to question her a little. The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern
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