Ac hir sauce was over sour, And unsavourly grounde In a morter post mortem Of many a bitter peyne, But if thei synge for tho soules, And wepe salte teris.
SYNGE Introduction The geography of the Aran Islands is very simple, yet it may need a word to itself.
Mr. Synge brought us into his kitchen and gave the men a glass of whisky all round, and a half-glass to me because I was a boy--though at that time and to this day I can drink as much as two men and not be the worse of it.
Then he told us it was Mr. Synge had sent him and we went with him.
I owe it to Mr. Synge and that book that when I came back here, after not hearing a word of Irish for thirty years, I had as good Irish, or maybe better Irish, than any person on the island.
Lieutenant Synge has observed: "The necessity of protecting works further in the interior against hostile tribes of Indians is a formidable impediment to their successful prosecution at present.
Synge says, "A ship annually arrives at Fort York for the service of the Hudson's Bay Company; who can tell how many may eventually do so?
Synge asks, "Is it not wonderful that no independent mail route exists, to give the British Provinces the benefit of the geographical position of Halifax.
Synge wishes to improve the old Line of water communication; and Colonization would then be naturally confined to the banks of Rivers and of Lakes.
No by my trouthe, quod he, I coulde neuer synge in all my lyfe.
The chylde answered: father, seynge ye gyue to these prestes money to synge at my mothers buryenge, why be ye angry with me, that aske you nothynge for my syngynge?
I wyll performe my promyse: for I wyll kepe this same cocke alyue styl, and he wyl krow euery day, and so he shall synge euery day for my faders soule; and so I wyl performe my promyse wel ynough.
Than he opened his pourse, and beganne to synge thus: Whan you haue dyned make no delaye But paye your oste, and go your waye.
Of the merchaunte that charged his sonne to fynde one to synge for hys soule.
Whye, quod the felowe, if I synge a songe to your pleasure, will ye nat than be contente?
Robert Synge is chaplain, a man of cheerful convivial manners, yet exceedingly attentive both as chaplain, and as guardian of his poorer countrymen.
The Bishop shall be blamed before God, as I leve [believe] That crowneth such goddes knightes that conneth nought sapienter Synge ne psalmes rede ne segge a masse of the day.
This book, with its sympathetic insight, is the best possible return that Mr. Synge could have made to his friends on the island.
Mr. Synge has achieved a masterpiece by simply collaborating with nature.
With the most artful simplicity Mr. Synge gives you first a just idea of the alternate beauty and bleakness of that wonderful coast, and then makes you see the inhabitants in their daily struggle for existence.
And lordes children sholde serven, Bothe God and good men, As here degree asketh; Some to synge masses, Others sitten and wryte, Rede and receyve That Reson oughte spende.
Thus ichsynge for hure soules Of suche as me helpen.
Synge wrote only one play--Riders to the Sea--that acts well.
Yeats and Synge have showed how completely it is possible to be Irish while using the English language.
Synge disposed of that criticism--and, indeed, the Abbey Theatre in its tone as a whole may be accused of neglecting Ireland's gift for simple fun.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "synge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
