himsel

But he had then, as always, a pretty guid conceit o 'himsel' -- which his clique have done nothing to check.

Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial 1871

o 'the name himsel' -- the laird o 'a score o' toonships a 'settled by himsel'.

Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812

"I wadna say that exactly; but there's been a gran bailie body wi 'me that calls himsel' your uncle, and a braw young callant, a bairn o 'his, I'm thinking."

Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847

Come awa '- he's up at the hoose, gey pleased wi' himsel '.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

Weel-a-weel, Pottie Lawson an 'twa-three mair o' them got Sandy to mak 'a wadger o' five bob that he wud rin three miles in twenty-five meenits oot the Sands, an 'they tell me Sandy's been oot twa-three times trainin' himsel '.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

There's naethin 'Saunders disna think he could improve, excep' himsel 'mibby.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Ye'll reckolect, ef ye've ever bin ter camp-meetin ', that Abel got knocked out o' time by his cuzzin Cain, an becawse Abel war misproperly named, and warn't _able_ when the crysis arriv ter defen 'himsel' in an able manner.

Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills Edward L. Wheeler

The minister was weel thocht o '; he was aye late at the writing, folk wad see his can'le doon by the Dule water after twal' at e'en; and he seemed pleased wi 'himsel' and upsitten as at first, though a 'body could see that he was dwining.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

He got up frae his bed, and I could make oot a rustling noise, as though he were dressin 'himsel', and presently his footfa 'as he began tae walk up and doon in his room.

The Mystery of Cloomber Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Ye see, my faither had bocht an awfu 'thrawn young bull at the Dumfries fair, an' he had been gaun gilravagin 'aboot; an' whaur should the contrary beast betak 'himsel' to but into the Roman camp on Craig

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887