"Blatter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Then Rab said he tried him wi' Erse, for he cam in his youth frae the braes of Glenlivatbut it wadna do. Aweel, in this strait, he bethought him of the twa or three words o' Latin that he used in making out the town's deeds, and he had nae sooner tried the spirit wi' that, than out cam sic a blatter o' Latin about his lugs, that poor Rab Tull, wha was nae great scholar, was clean overwhelmed. Od, but he was a bauld body, and he minded the Latin name for the deed that he was wanting. It was something about a cart, I fancy, for the ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott |
