farer
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farers
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‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller spurs on water-stoups I saw never nane.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
"Nae farer nor the len'th o' my nose, an' the breid o' my twa een," was the scornful answer.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
“Well, I did saw the ship go farer an’ farer away, an’ vanish,” admitted Sall; “but he didn’t go into a hole that time.”
From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But buttons upon blankets I saw never nane.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
If he made it farer it will bee to my credit.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
The centuries-old songs were traditionally sung by sea farers around the work, but after a few requests to Nathan's social media accounts and other landlubbers duetting, the craze grew.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2021
A healthy diet is even more crucial for space farers than it is here on the surface, because spending time in space makes your body start to lose bone and muscle mass.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2018
You made us farers And equal sharers With homespun wearers In home-made joys; You made us princes No plea convinces That spirit winces At dust and noise.
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman
And the first day was like unto the second and the third, for these two desert farers went but slowly.
From Desert Love by Joan Conquest
The spruit was here throttled between banks of worn stone, and the water roared over the drift at a depth that made it impassible to foot- farers.
From Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon
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