breist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Ye wad but won'er the mair, said the bird, To see the thouchts i' my breist.
From Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
The snow so white shall be your weed, In hate you shall be drest, The cauld east wind shall wrap your heid And the sharp rain on your breist.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
I've a sair hert i' my breist, O Lord! thoo knowest.
From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald
But are, wha's beauty was dream and spell, Her kaim on the rock she cuist; Her back was scarce turnt whan the munelicht shell Was lyin i' the prince's breist!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
Sax months syne Lachlan didna ken what father meant, and the heart wes wizened in the breist o' him wi' pride an' diveenity.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Ian Maclaren
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