Lexicographical Neighbors of Jarvie
Literary usage of Jarvie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Walter Scott: The Story of His Life by Robert Shelton Mackenzie (1871)
"Mackay'a Bailie Nicol jarvie. — Scott at the Play. — Finding the Scottish Regalia.
— Lockhart introduced to Scott. — Christopher North. ..."
2. Real and Ideal Bloomfield: The Briefly-told Story of Church-town, Township by Stephen Morris Hulin (1902)
"A Public Library is a special feature of the jarvie Memorial. Christ Episcopal
Church, Christ Episcopal Church was established in 1858. ..."
3. Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk by John Gibson Lockhart (1819)
"The illusion of theatrical deception cannot possibly be carried farther than it
was in the case of Baillie jarvie, as personified on this occasion by Mr ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"... jarvie, Bailie Nicol, in Scott's novel, Rob Roy, a kinsman of Rob's. He is a
Glasgow magistrate, and a pawky, ..."
5. Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott, David Douglas (1894)
"I want you of all loves to get the Prince's box at Covent Garden, to see a man
from Scotland, called Mackay, play the character of Bailie Nicol jarvie in ..."
6. Pencillings by the Way by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1836)
"... but a very healthful and sunny freedom from pain and impatience at my heart.
And so did not Bailie-Nicol-jarvie make the same memorable journey. ..."
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