This is the envelope that held the letter I gat frae Jessie Loudon--the nicht Sir James telled me at the Infirmary that my days were numbered!
Addle be the true French for a bloomy cheek--Sherry Minshull telled me so hisself.
In India I telled them a' that Tweed at Peebles was wider than the Ganges!
I telled him that my maister was terrible unweel, and on no accoont maun be disturbit, but that he maun hae the room to himsel' for the nicht.
They wadna believe me when I telled them ye were busy.
He just keepit cuttin' at my shanks till I was fair wild, and telled some o' our ain folk to tak the legs frae the body wi' a scythe-stick.
I kenned Maister Clovenclaws' voice ower weel, so Sanders begins to think that it wadna dae to let it be telled a' ower the toun that him and the minister had been birling at the wine thegither.
So after they had dune laughin', I telled them o' the last man that was hangit at the Grassmarket o' Edinburgh.
Now, I have telled her a score of times that this is no' bonnie, and me an elder of twenty years' standing.
An' amang ither things back an' forrit, he telled me that the minister o' Deeside's son was here.
A' this he telledjuist as he did when he used to come ower to hae a bar wi' the lassies, in the forenichts after he cam' hame frae the college the first year.
Do ye mind o' that day ye telled the maister on us?
And he telled me he was married an' workin' on the Times.
We were biding for a day or so with my cousin, that is the grocer in Cairn Edward, as I telled you once before.
Largest I ever see, sir, was only the skin, as I telled Mr Rob about.
I telled him that I'd give him a good price for doing the job, and that I'd go as far as three pounds.
I telled her, Master Waller, that she might go up and down the stairs and passages in the dead of the night for a hundred years, and she'd never see anything uglier than herself.
The right of his own words, for he telled me so himself.
Now I believe the story boy Tom telled this night.
And so I jest axed Mr. Frisbie, Esquire, and he telled me how his lordship missed the trail.
And I met her on de stairs jus' as I telled you afore, and she looking like an angel o' beauty; but she wouldn't stop to listen to me.
Well, Marse Ishmael, sir, I laid to heart what you telled me so solemn, and I did watch ober my ladyship, and I watched ober her good!
And noo, me leddy, I hae telled ye a', thinking till mesel' that ye ought to ken it.
He telledme to watch ober de peace and honor of Lady Vincent.
I musn't tell, cause his grandchillen is great folks here now, and Miss Alice telled me I musn't tell all I knows.
So I telled aar Sally on Saturday noight I mun be up i' th' morning at half-past four.
Like Uncle telled him wunst when Lee- Bob cried an' jerked the light from me, He wuz so mad!
P'raps God telled the fairies, and they put it there," and her little face grew all bright again at this wonderful explanation.
I telled her I guessed she cackelated to call in the whole parish, paupers and all, to eat up sich a sight of vittles; so I grabbed a handful of doughnuts, and went out to feed the hogs, and to see to things in the field.
Then I telled her the predicament I was in; and she said she would loosen the hold that the crotch had on my head.
She soon saw what was to pay, and telled me that the eagles were tearing out my hair to build nests with.
I felt raal ridiculous, I can assure you; so I began to talk to the varmint, and telled him to help me get my head out, like a man, and I would give him five dollars before I killed him.
I telled her I had endured more than a dead possum could stand already, and that if she would drive off the eagles, I would make her a present of an iron comb.
Kaytherine Crummie telled me that, and she says aince you're used to it, writing letters is as easy as skinning moles.
If he had wanted to put a knife into her, I believe that woman would just hae telled him to take care no to cut his hands.
At this Babbie smiled gratefully to him, and then both laughed, for they had heard Nanny remarking to the kettle, "But I wouldna hae been nane angry if she had telled Enoch that the minister was to take his tea here.
I hadna telled her half the story afore she jaloused the rest.
My mother telled me my name is aye to be Gavin Dishart now.
Sanders doesna suspect, because I've telled him nothing about her.
The scoundrel telled Enoch that the great ministers in Edinbury and London believed in no hell except sic as your ain conscience made for you, and ever since syne Enoch has been careless about the future state.
Ay," he answered, "she telledme ay to hide the bottle frae him when I could get haed o't.
I gaed to the manse to speir at Jean what was wrang, but I'm thinking I telled her mair than she could tell me.
I hae telledyou a dozen times he found it as easy as you could yoke a horse.
Dear o' me, I mind how proud I was when they telled me 'twas a lad.
She did bid me good-bye then, an' so soon as ever she was gone I called Robert in and telled en the whole tale.
They telled I all about it at the post-office yesterday.
Would you like to hear wot they telled us last Sunday?
Mr. Jan says as Dan Duff see nothing but a white cow; he telled me so hisself.
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