poortith
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A man may hae an honest heart, Tho' poortith hourly stare him; poverty A man may tak a neibor's part, Yet hae nae cash to spare him.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
A-well-a-day!" said Richie; "but that maunna be, man—I ken weel, by sad experience, that poortith takes away pith, and the man sits full still that has a rent in his breeks.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott
Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon, Heaven send your heart-strings aye in tune, And screw your temper-pins aboon A fifth or mair The melancholious, lazy croon O' cankrie care.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Eild and poortith are a sair burden for ae back.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I will not fly My own beloved border; For poortith dwells and famine pales In your Highlands of disorder.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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