“Ryveris ran reid on spait with watir broune,
And burnys hurlys all thar bankis doune.”

— Gavin Douglas

Bk. 7, prologue, line 19.
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Scottish Churchman, Scholar, Poet 1474–1522

Robert Mannyng (1275–1338) English chronicler

Thomas Hearne (ed.) Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, as Illustrated and Improv'd by Robert of Brunne (1725) vol. 1, p. 56.

“RS: You’ve called Bush a loser.
Reid: And a liar.
RS: You’ve apologized for the loser comment.
Reid: But never for the liar, have I?”

Harry Reid (1939) American politician

Stone interview http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7371967/the_gunslinger/Rolling, May 24, 2005

“Well, no offense:
Thar ain't no sense
In gittin' riled.”

Bret Harte (1836–1902) American author and poet

Complete Poetical Works, III. IN DIALECT, Jim.

“The deep, deep peace of the double-bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise-longue.”

Mrs Patrick Campbell (1895–1940) British stage actress

Quoted in Alexander Woollcott, “The First Mrs. Tanqueray,” While Rome Burns (1934)

“Gentle Paul, laie doune thy sweard
For Peter of Westminster hath shaven thy beard.”

John Skelton (1460–1529) English poet

A couplet circulated in 1522 in criticism of Cardinal Wolsey's dissolution of convocation at St Paul's Cathedral, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Thai eyt it with full gud will
That soucht na nother sals thar-till
Bot appetyt.”

John Barbour (1316–1395) Scottish poet

With full good will they all fell to,
And sought no other sauce thereto
Than appetite.
Bk. 3, line 539; p. 99.
The Brus

“Reid spoke of future President Barack Obama in 2008 describing him as a, "light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Reid apologized for these remarks in January 2010 when they were publicized.”

Harry Reid (1939) American politician

Majority Leader Reid apologizes to Obama for 2008 remarks - Washington Post January 9, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/09/AR2010010902141.html

“Na thar may na man fyr sa covyr
Than low or rek sall it discovyr.”

John Barbour (1316–1395) Scottish poet

Nor can a man a fire so cover
That smoke or flame shall not discover.
Bk. 4, line 123; p. 109
The Brus

“Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.”

Dr. Seuss book The Sneetches and Other Stories

Source: The Sneetches and Other Stories

“In a world of infinite choice, context—not content—is king. (Chris Anderson quoting Rob Reid)”

Chris Anderson book The Long Tail

Source: The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (2006), Ch. 7, p. 109

“Ryveris ran reid on spait with watir broune,And burnys hurlys all thar bankis doune.”

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