He swore that, as far as he remembered, he got the staff standing at the mouth o' the peat stack; and that he conceived that either the lad or himsell had left it there some day when bringing away a burden of peats.
But ane's no to throw himsell ower a linn, and trust that the Lord will kep him in a blanket.
But that's nae disparagement to ony o' thae families; for an there be merit at a' inherent in man as to warldly things, it is certainly in raising himsell frae naething to respect.
My ain grandfather, who was the son of a great farmer, hired himsell for a shepherd at that time to young Tam Linton; and mony ane was wae for the downcome.
I didna think the muckle horned deil himsellcould hae set up his mou' to the heaven, and braggit and blasphemed in sic a way.
I daresay that body's the vera deevil himsell in the shape o' the auld Papish beggar!
The servants observed what had been done, and one elderly shepherd said, "In troth, sirs, our master is no himsell the day.
I, 'I fear my new master will dispute that privilege with you, for he rides her himsell the morn.
The Deuke himsell has sent as far as Charlie's Hope to get ane o' Dandy Dinmont's Pepper and Mustard terriers.
Sae he sat himsell doun and hirselled doun into the glen, where it wad hae been ill following him wi' the beast, and I cam back to Charlie's Hope to tell the gudewife, for I was uncertain what to do.
Mony folk ca' me Mistress Wilson, and Milnwood himsell is the only ane about this town thinks o' ca'ing me Alison, and indeed he as aften says Mrs Alison as ony other thing.
We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa'; And sae ready was Buccleuch himsell 115 To mount the first before us a'.
He is either himsell a devil frae hell, Or else his mother a witch maun be; I wadna have ridden that wan water For a' the gowd in Christentie.
He cam ower the loch o' Lynn, 5 Twenty men his arms did carry; Himsell gaed in and fand her out, Protesting he would marry.
He mounted her upon a horse, Himsell lap on behind her, 30 And they're awa to the Hieland hills, Where her friends may never find her.
He bids ye meet him at Permanscore,[L247] And bring four in your cumpany; Five erles sall gang himsell befor, Nae mair in number will he be.
We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa; And sae ready was Buccleuch himsell To mount she first, before us a'.
He is either himsell a devil frae hell, Or else his mother a witch maun be; I wad na have ridden that wan water For a' the gowd in Christentie.
Caleb; "but his honour will never learn how to bear himsell in siccan cases.
He is either himsell a devil frae hell, Or else his mother a witch maun be; I wadna have ridden that wan water, For a' the gowd in Christentie.
We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa'; And sae ready was Buccleuch himsell To mount the first before us a'.
But whan he came to Lord Barnet's castel He tinklet at the ring; Tha war nane sae ready as Lord Barnet himsell To let the wee calland in.
When he came to Strawberry Castle, He tirled at the pin; None was so ready as the gay lord himsell To open and let him in.
O when he came to Strawberry Castle, He tirled at the pin; There was nane sae ready as that lord himsell To let the young body in.
If he has slain my ae brither, Himsell had a' the blame, For mony a day he plots contriv'd, To hae Sweet Willie slain.
Then he's taen her on a milk-white steed, Himsellupon another, And to his castle they have rode, Like sister and like brother.
When they came to the king of England's gate, They knocked at the pin; So ready was the king himsell To open and let them in.
I cannot think the preacher himsell wad be heading the mob, though the time has been, they hae been as forward in a bruilzie as their neighbours.
Weel, the first thing he learned at the castle was, that Sir Robert had fretted himsell into a fit of the gout, because he did not appear before twelve' o'clock.
I may be the deevil himsell for what ye ken; for he has power to come disguised like an angel of light; and besides he is a prime fiddler.
Lord, man, I got a grip of ane of their attorneys in Carlisle, and he tauld me that there wasna a lawyer in England ony mair than himsell that kend the nature of a multiple-poinding!
Ou, Monkbarns does not like to hear of it--but he kens himsell that the room has an ill name.
We were tauld the loon threw himsell into the Thames in a fit of desperation.
But then, Huntinglen, the lad will have other debts--and why burden himsell with sae mony acres of barren woodland?
When he cam to Strawberry Castle, He tirled at the pin; 40 Nane was sae ready as the gay lord himsell To open and let him in.
He that teaches himsell has a fule for his maister.
He is either himsell a devil fra hell, Or else his mother a witch maun be; I wadna have ridden that wan water, For a' the gowd in Christentie.
Johnie Scot himsell was the foremost man In the company that did ride; His uncle was the second man, Wi' his rapier by his side.
But when they came to Earl Percy's yett, They tirled at the pin; None was so ready as Earl Percy himsell To open and let them in.
He is either himsell a devil frae hell, Or else his mother a witch maun be; I wad na have ridden that wan water, For a' the gowd in Christentie.
He bidds ye mete him at Permanscore, And bring four in your cumpanie; Five erles sall gang himsell befor, Nae mair in number will he be.
Presbyterian chaplains sough out a sermon on the morning of every birth-day, and now he would pass himsell for ane o' the Episcopal church!
And there were folk enow to crack wi', and he had bread eneugh to eat, and what need he fash himsell about the rest o't?
I a bigger fule than himsell to bide here waiting for him?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "himsell" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
