He is ready for the life his Arctura knows. "God is," he says,
"and all is well." He never disputes, rarely seeks to convince. "I
will let what light I have shine; but disputation is smoke. It is to
no profit!--And I do like," he says, "to give and to get the good of
things!"
THE END.
Note from John Bechard, creator of this Electronic text.
The following is a list of Scottish words which are found in George
MacDonald's "Donal Grant". I have compiled this list myself and
worked out the definitions from context with the help of Margaret
West, from Leven in Fife, Scotland, and also by referring to a word
list found in a collection of poems by Robert Burns, "Chamber's
Scots Dialect Dictionary from the 17th century to the Present" c.
1911 and "Scots-English English-Scots Dictionary" Lomond Books c.
1998. I have tried to be as thorough as possible given the limited
resources and welcome any feedback on this list which may be wrong
(my e-mail address is JaBBechard@aol.com). This was never meant to
be a comprehensive list of the National Scottish Language, but
rather an aid to understanding some of the conversations and
references in this text in the Broad Scots. I do apologise for any
mistakes or omissions. I aimed for my list to be very
comprehensive, and it often repeats the same word in a plural or
diminutive form. As well, it includes words that are quite obvious
to native English speakers, only spelled in such a way to
demonstrate the regional pronunciation.
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