Page 67, line 10 from bottom:— "Dream thro' that night, 'till my day-star appear;" Page 70, line 5 from bottom : "Peggy. Were ilka hair that appertains to me My sheers are ready, take what you demand, And aught what love with virtue may command. Page 72, line 9 from top:- early silent “What want ye, Bauldy, at this [y] hour, When nature nods beneath the drowsy pow'r :" Page 73, line 8 from bottom: "Lows'd down my breeks, while I like a great fool,” [Not in edition of 1850. Page 82, line 12 from bottom:-- "Patie. Good nurse, dispatch thy story wing'd with blisses, Besides the above, there occur, in the edition of 1761, about 50 verbal alterations, additions, and omissions; and about 75 in the edition of 1800. In the edition of 1850 there are fewer changes, it having been partially corrected, probably from the 8vo edition of 1808. These verbal changes are rarely, if ever, improvements; frequently of little consequence, and sometimes they appear silly; for instance, towards the end of the Pastoral there is substituted, in two or three instances, Archbald instead of Bauldy! We have not, therefore, thought it worth while to note them here. We rather think that our readers, generally, will not consider the readings above given, as improvements on those in the text. A GLOSSARY OR, AN EXPLANATION OF THE SCOTTISH WORDS WHICH ARE USED IN ALLAN RAMSAY'S "GENTLE SHEPHERD;" AND WHICH ARE RARELY FOUND IN MODERN ENGLISH WRITINGS: Bawsy, bawsand-fac'd, is a cow, or | Bonny, beautiful. horse, with a white face. Be, by. Bedeen, immediately, in haste. Beild, or beil, a shelter. Bein, or been, wealthy, comfortable. A been house, a warm well-furnished one. Ben, the inner room of a house. Come farer ben, be better received. Bend, a pull of liquor. Bend the bicker, quaff out the cup. Bent, a coarse kind of grass grow ing on hilly ground; the open field, the plain. To the bent, fled out of reach. Bicker, a wooden dish. Bigonet, a linen cap or coif. Birns, the stalks of burnt heath. Blaw, blow; to boast. Bleech, to blanch or whiten. Bleez, blaze. Blob, a drop. Briss, to press. Brock, a badger. Broe, broth. Brown, cow, a ludicrous expression for ale or beer, as opposed to milk. Bught, the little fold where the ewes are inclosed at milkingtime. Bumbazed, confused; made to stare But, often used for without; as "but feed or favour." But a flaw, without a lie. By and attour, over and above. Ca, call. C. Bob, to move up and down as in Cadgy, good-humoured, happy, Bobbit bands, tasselled bands (worn Canker'd, angry, passionately snarl about the neck). Bode, to proffer. ing. Canna, cannot. Canny, prudent. (See Kanny.) Carle, a word for an old man. Carna, care not. Cunzie, or coonie, coin. D. Daffine, folly, waggery. Cast up, to upbraid one with a thing. Daft, foolish. Cauldrife, spiritless; wanting cheer- Cauler, cool or fresh. Chiel, or chield, a general term like fellow; used sometimes with respect, as, "he's a very good chiel and contemptuously, "that chiel." Dainty, is used as an epithet of a Dang, did ding, beat, thrust, drive. Darna, dare not. Dash, to put out of countenance. Deil, or deel, the devil. To Ding, to drive down, to beat, to overcome. Dinna, do not. Disna, does not. Dit, to stop or close up a hole. Doilt, confused and silly. Dorty, proud; not to be spoken to; Dosens, becomes torpid. Dow, to will, to incline, to thrive; to be able. Dowie, sickly, melancholy, doleful, sad. Downa, dow not, i. e., though one has the power, he wants the heart to do it. Dowp, the arse; the small remains of a candle. Drap, drop. Fawn, fallen. Feckless, feeble, little and weak. Fell, good, valuable, keen; a rocky, or wild, hill. Fere, sound, entire. Feu, tenure, a fief. Firlot, four pecks, the fourth part of a boll. Fit, the foot. Flaes, fleas. Flaw, lie or fib. Flawing, lying, fibbing. Flesh a' creep, a phrase which ex presses shuddering. Flet, the preterit of flyte, did chide. Flite, or flyte, to scold or chide. Flyp, to turn inside out. Fain, joyful, tickled with pleas- Forgather, to meet, encounter. |