warld

The best friend I hae in the warld is a sodger, but I'm thinking I hae lost the knack o 'fechting.

Foes Mary Johnston 1903

'There is baith weal and woe come wi' warld's gear,

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

a wild kind of warld by themsells, full of heights and howes, woods, caverns, lochs, rivers, and mountains, that it wad tire the very deevil's wings to flee to the tap o 'them.

Rob Roy 1887

o 'the creature and sae little o' the Creator -- sae muckle o 'warld's gear and sae little o' a broken covenant -- sae muckle about thae wheen pieces

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

o 'the creature and sae little o' the Creator -- sae muckle o 'warld's gear and sae little o' a broken covenant -- sae muckle about thae wheen pieces

Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

“I dinna ken that,” said the dame. — “The Blue room is the best — and they that get neist best, are no ill aff in this warld.”

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

“I wish there wasna sic a bird as a goose in the wide warld, forby the clecking that we hae at the burn-side.”

The Monastery 2008

But Summertrees was obdurate, and refused to take up the time of the company with such ‘auld-warld nonsense.’

Redgauntlet 2008

“The Almighty guide your course through the troubles of this wicked warld — and the muckle deevil blaw wind in your sails,” she added, in her natural tone, as the guests vanished from her miserable threshold.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Maybe ye think the puir lassie has a bee in her bannet; but ye ken yoursell if naebody but wise folk were to marry, the warld wad be ill peopled.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008