... wean!—Dinna greet, my lamb; I'll no let him meddle ye.—Jock Gilmour, how daur ye lift your finger to a wean of mine? But I'll learn ye the better o't! Mr. Gourlay'll gie you the order to travel ere the day's muckle aulder. I'll have no servant about my hoose to ill-use my bairn." ... — The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown
... said Ethelberta. 'And I was just coming in to tell you that I would always cling to you, and never desert you, ill-use me ... — The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy
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