"Gi" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... answered, "I'll be with 'ee directly; but gi'e me a minute. I want to see who this is ...
— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner
... Malayan. Now, the Ilongot appear to have religious ideas that have come from various sources. Those of Nueva Vizcaya, with whom I talked, professed belief in spirits and called them "be tung"; the spirits of the dead were "gi na va." The Ilongot of Patakgao, curiously, have been affected by Christian nomenclature. The ruling spirit or spirits is "apo sen diot" ("apo" meaning lord or sir and "diot" being a corruption of Dios). They had no word for heaven, but mentioned "Impiedno" ...
— The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon • David P. Barrows
... part o' some time, then," observed Mrs Hullins, looking facts in the face. "I've told you about my son Jack. He's been playing [out of work] six weeks. He starts to-day, and he'll gi'me summat Saturday." ...
— The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns • Arnold Bennett
... Gi Shoi's murmuring flood! How its bamboos with living green are gay; Survey the great, illustrious and good— How sculptur'd, polish'd and refin'd are they! What elegance and majesty they bear! What witchery lurketh in their voice and eyes; View them but once, and whilst thou breath'st ...
— Targum • George Borrow
... over them vi'lets. Here Tode, gi' me some o' them bright ones. Gi' me a rose!" cried one of the young women, and Theo handed each of them a rose and went away in silence. He glanced back as he left the room. The old woman was still holding the violets ...
— The Bishop's Shadow • I. T. Thurston
... "it's no a vera genteel present tae be makin' ye, I doot," and he held up the battered shoes. "They're unco worn, an' wi' a clout here an' there, ye'll notice, but the buckles are guid siller, an' I hae naething else to gi'e ye. Ay, man! but it's many a weary mile I've marched in these at the head o' the Ninety-Second, an' it's mony a stark fecht they've been through—Vittoria, Salamanca, Talavera, tae Quatre Bras an' Waterloo; tak' 'em, Peter, tak' 'em—tae mind ye sometimes o' Donal' Stuart. An' now—gi'e us ...
— The Broad Highway • Jeffery Farnol
... "Ole marster gi' me to Miss Fanny when she ma'yed Marse William Fitzhugh," he explained. "I wuz ma'yed den to Marth' Ann; she wuz Miss Fanny's maid, an' when she come up heah wid Miss Fanny, I recompany her." He would not admit that his removal was a permanent one. "I al'ays layin' out to go back ...
— P'laski's Tunament - 1891 • Thomas Nelson Page
... her arms twa, And gi'en him kisses thorough; She sought to bind his mony wounds, But he lay ...
— The Book of Old English Ballads • George Wharton Edwards
... to thy father's loved hand gaily clinging, To ask for the kiss he stoops fondly to gi'e; To his care-laden spirit once more thou art bringing The freshness of ...
— Lady John Russell • Desmond MacCarthy and Agatha Russell
... occupying the regions above-mentioned, they are found on the main tributaries of the Rio Grande de Kotabto—the Batagan, the Biktsa, the Luan, the Narkanitan, etc., and especially on the River Pulagi—on nearly all the influents of the last-named stream, and on the Higoog River in the Province of Misamis. As we shall see later on, even in the Agsan Valley, the Manbos were gradually split on the west side of the river by the ingress, as of some ...
— The Manbos of Mindano - Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir • John M. Garvan
... moose!" shouted Roy, "and a dandy. Gi' me a shot at it. I've got to shoot something from ...
— On the Edge of the Arctic - An Aeroplane in Snowland • Harry Lincoln Sayler
... also with responsibility of representing state and receiving diplomatic credentials; SPA appointed PAK Pong Ju premier head of government: Premier PAK Pong Ju (since 3 September 2003); Vice Premiers KWAK Pom Gi (since 5 September 1998), JON Sung Hun (since 3 September 2003), RO Tu Chol (since 3 September 2003) cabinet: Naegak (cabinet) members, except for Minister of People's Armed Forces, are appointed by SPA elections: last held in September ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... "That's it! Gi—give him ano—another!" gasped Hank Snogger. He had raised himself up on one elbow and was looking at Dave pleadingly. He was too weak to get to his feet, for his fight with the bear had lasted for some time before Dave had put in ...
— Dave Porter at Star Ranch - Or, The Cowboy's Secret • Edward Stratemeyer
... voice, (lar-yn-gi'tis,) which is prevalent among public speakers, may be ascribed in part to the injudicious dressing of the neck, ...
— A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) • Calvin Cutter
... tell the Dancers were to be seen from the mountain-top over the sea, and I thought maybe I'd go up and gi'e them a look, cummer ... just ...
— The Wind Bloweth • Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
... father went before the lord:— "Let loose thy captive to me! I have at home three casks of gold, And these for the boy I'll gi'e." ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 • Various
... hunter looked at the big malformed border ruffian with repulsion. "Man, you gi'e me a scunner," he said. "Have done wi' this foolishness an' be gone. The lass is no' for you or the ...
— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine |
