It lies close 'ahin' me, no to be forgotten, no to be luikit at -- like ane o 'thae dreams o' watter an 'munelicht' at has nae wark i 'them: a body wadna lie a' nicht an 'a' day tu in a dream o 'the sowl's gloamin'! ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
'Mr. Ericson, I sweir by God, gin there be ane, that gin ye dee, I'll tak up what ye lea' ahin 'ye. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"I kenna gien ye mean me, Miss Horn," said the woman; "but it's no that muckle o 'a memory I expec' to lea 'ahin' me." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
By this time the yerl had come up, an 'followed cooerin' ahin 'the priest. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
'ahin', behind; after; at the back of, ahint, behind; after; at the back of, ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Whan ye're a muckle woman, ye may be fit to stan 'ahin' the coonter some day yersel '-- wha kens? " ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
It was the heid that cam 'ahin' 't, and kentna hoo to haud it aff o 'the stanes. " ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Fur-ahin, the hindmost plough-horse in the furrow. ❋ Unknown (1909)
I would a'got trough all right, but I seen her, -- the pretty lady, -- your girl, -- standing in the aisle right ahin 'the c'ndct'r, jes' es I wuz pullin 'the trigger knowed her right off,' ith her eyes shinin 'like two stars; an' I couldn't run no resks. ❋ Grace Livingston Hill (1906)
I'll dash about the country in a gig wi 'two dogs wallopping ahin'. ❋ George Douglas Brown (1885)
The fac's jist this: I cudna bide ahin 'ye ony langer.' ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
I maun close the door ahin ''s,' said he, opening the door as he spoke. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
Geordie in anither ten meenits, an 'me ahin' ye upo 'Reid Rorie. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"What can there be ahin 'the bureau, father?" he asked, re-entering the room. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"Did ye want to lea 'me ahin' ye?" rejoined Elsie, with a sidelong look and a blush, which Cosmo never saw. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"Na, na, mither," replied Margaret, looking up from her book; "he'll lea 'sic gifts ahin' him as'll mak 'daylicht i' the dark;" and then she bent her head and went on with her reading, as if she had not spoken. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
There's o 'them, nae doobt, wha wad fain win to h'aven ohn left their sins ahin' them; but they get nae encouragement frae Maister MacLeod. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
I s 'jist follow ye, a feow yairds ahin', till I see ye safe. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"Ye're an honest man, Wull -- but I wadna lippen a snuff mull 'at had mair nor ae pinch intill 't wi' yon cooard cratur ahin 'ye." ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
"Hoots! for shame, Mistress Catanach!" he cried, "Here's my leddy ahin 'me, hearin' ilka word!" ❋ George MacDonald (1864)
