The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy
He made an absolute refuse to gie a continuality o' Jamie's mother's 'nuity, which was the because o' my going to law with him for a thousand pounds, value received in bed, board, and washing, for six weeks.--And the case, Willy,--you that's breeding for a limb o' the law,--ye should ken, was sic an absolute fact, that he was obligated by a judicature to pay me down the money.'