breist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I've a sair hert i' my breist, O Lord! thoo knowest.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
I' the mids o' a quaiet contemplation, suddenly, wi' an awfu' stoon, a ghaistly doobt pat it's heid up i' my breist, and cried: 'It's a' fause.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
Aneth the snaw his heid was smorit, But his breist was maistly bare, And twixt his richt ban' and his hert Lay a lock o' gouden hair.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
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 Maclaren, Ian
Ye wad but won'er the mair, said the bird, To see the thouchts i' my breist.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
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