"Muckle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... these Ugly Princesses are endowed with excellent sterling qualities. The old Border legend says there never was a happier match than that of "Muckle-mou'ed Meg," though her husband married her reluctantly with a halter tightening round his neck. But such advantages lie below the surface, and take some time in being appreciated. The first process of captivation is what I don't understand—unless, indeed, ...
— Sword and Gown - A Novel • George A. Lawrence
... muckle for yir ain devoted folk at hame; an' dinna ask the King an' Head o' the Kirk to fetch till us a ...
— St. Cuthbert's • Robert E. Knowles
... we have on this point, so far as it goes, proves the truth of this assertion. Mr. Carter Blake found in the Muckle Heog of the Island of Unst, one of the Shetlands, together with stone vessels, human interments of persons of considerable stature and of great muscular strength. Speaking of the Keiss skeletons, Professor Huxley says that the males are, the one somewhat above, and the other ...
— A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients • Edward Tyson
... John, Ye've wrought me muckle skaith; And yet to part wi' you, John, I own I'm unko' laith; But I'll join the temperance ranks, John, Ye needna say me no; It's better late than ne'er do weel, John ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various
... waited, and longer still, With doubt and muckle pain, But woe were the hearts of his brethren, For he came not ...
— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)
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