"Daw" Quotes from Famous Books
... something to qualify it—Mynheer Van Hogsflesh, or Sawney Mac Hogsflesh, or Sir Phelim O'Hogsflesh, but downright blunt—— If it had been any other name in the world I could have borne it. If it had been the name of a beast, as Bull, Fox, Kid, Lamb, Wolf, Lion; or of a bird, as Sparrow, Hawk, Buzzard, Daw, Finch, Nightingale; or of a fish, as Sprat, Herring, Salmon; or the name of a thing, as Ginger, Hay, Wood; or of a colour, as Black, Gray, White, Green; or of a sound, as Bray; or the name of a month, as March, May; or of a place, as Barnet, Baldock, Hitchen; or the name ... — History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
... still and sleepit sound, Till the day began to daw; And kindly to him she did say, "It is ... — The Haunters & The Haunted - Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural • Various |