Example Sentences

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“Well, I did saw the ship go farer an’ farer away, an’ vanish,” admitted Sall; “but he didn’t go into a hole that time.”

From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

When she came unto the guid church, She at the door did stan’; She was sae sair sunk down wi’ shame, She couldna come farer ben.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Quoth he, "Harkye, lads, fill me my water-skin, for that I am a stranger astray and a farer of the way, and I have a comrade who awaiteth me."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The neist step that she stepped in,   She stepped to the chin; "O," sighend says this lady fair,   "I'll wade nae farer in."

From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee

‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller spurs on water-stoups I saw never nane.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank