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Ye're jist ower semple for this warl', Cosmo!

From Warlock o' Glenwarlock by MacDonald, George

"And I'll be his second," said Simon of Hackburn, "and take up ony twa o' ye, gentle or semple, laird or loon; it's a' ane to Simon."

From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir

Maggie says ye're gentle, but a shilling maks a' the difference that Maggie kens between a gentle and a semple, and your crowns wad mak ye a prince of the blood in her een.

From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir

And down each stair they throng'd anon,   Gentle, semple, throng'd anon: Souter and tailor, frowsy Nan, The ancient widow young again, Simpering behind her fan.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The things the astronomer tellt semple fowk war verra won'erfu', but I couldna fin' i' my hert 'at they made me think ony mair o' God nor I did afore.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George