Beattie

[ bee-tee ]

/ ˈbi ti /

James,1735–1803, Scottish poet.

QUIZZES

This windfall of words will make you rich with knowledge. Mine your memory on the words from July 27 to August 2!

Question 1 of 7

What does "scattergood" mean?

No surprise: Beattie teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The Chain Smoker in the Closet|Jane Ciabattari|November 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Madame Beattie stopped in the street and gazed up at the bright heaven.
The Prisoner|Alice Brown
No more dinners were given by Beattie and Daventry at the Carlton.
In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens
I have lately been employed in reading Beattie and Blair's Lectures.
The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper

Madame Beattie, she thought, was as intimate with a foreign fruit-seller as with one of her own class.
The Prisoner|Alice Brown
Beattie was the sort of lawyer one reads about oftener than one meets, and he wanted to be read about.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes