As it would have been very injudicious to have lodged a liberal or benevolent disposition in such an unworthy cabinet, nature had suited his person with a mind exactly in conformity with it, that is to say, mean, selfish, and covetous.
When this amiable personage was aware of the presence of his nephew, he hastened, before addressing him, to swallow the spoonful of porridge which he was in the act of conveying to his mouth, and, as it chanced to be scalding hot, the pain occasioned by its descent down his throat and into his stomach, inflamed the ill-humour with which he was already prepared to meet his kinsman.
"The deil take them that made them!" was his first ejaculation, apostrophizing his mess of porridge.
"They're gude parritch eneugh," said Mrs Wilson, "if ye wad but take time to sup them.

I made them mysell; but if folk winna hae patience, they should get their thrapples causewayed." "Haud your peace, Alison! I was speaking to my nevoy .-- How is this, sir?
And what sort o' scampering gates are these o' going on?
Ye were not at hame last night till near midnight." "Thereabouts, sir, I believe," answered Morton, in an indifferent tone.
"Thereabouts, sir ?--What sort of an answer is that, sir?
Why came ye na hame when other folk left the grund ?" "I suppose you know the reason very well, sir," said Morton; "I had the fortune to be the best marksman of the day, and remained, as is usual, to give some little entertainment to the other young men." "The deevil ye did, sir! And ye come to tell me that to my face?
You pretend to gie entertainments, that canna come by a dinner except by sorning on a carefu' man like me?
But if ye put me to charges, I'se work it out o'ye.

I seena why ye shouldna haud the pleugh, now that the pleughman has left us; it wad set ye better than wearing thae green duds, and wasting your siller on powther and lead; it wad put ye in an honest calling, and wad keep ye in bread without being behadden to ony ane." "I am very ambitious of learning such a calling, sir, but I don't understand driving the plough." "And what for no?
It's easier than your gunning and archery that ye like sae weel.

Auld Davie is ca'ing it e'en now, and ye may be goadsman for the first twa or three days, and tak tent ye dinna o'erdrive the owsen, and then ye will be fit to gang betweeu the stilts.

Ye'll ne'er learn younger, I'll be your caution.