" The youngster took the note, and with much labor read the following: "Mr. Braboy: "In lavin' ye so suddint I have ter say that my first husban' has turned up unixpected, having been saved onbeknownst ter me from a wathry grave an' all the money wasted I spint fer masses fer ter rist his sole an' I wish I had it back I feel it my dooty ter go an' live wid 'im again.

In "The Reves Tale" line 329, however, Chaucer uses, it in a context of past tenses, as Coleridge does here, as if it were a weak preterit; and Chaucer uses "rist up" in the same way several times (Sykes).

"The same, yer honor, huntin' constantly, niver losing a day rain or shine, wid Indians an' widout 'em, cold, hungry and tired, but not a day of rist.

I'll jist elict meself to the office of sheriff an' go about these regions wid a s'arch-warrint in my shoes that'll niver let me rist until Miss Cora is found.

All listened and heard but a short distance away: "Begorrah, Teddy, it's yerself that's entitled to a wee bit of rist, as yees have been on a mighty long tramp, and hasn't diskivered anything but a country that is big enough to hide the Atlantic ocean in, wid Ireland on its bosom as a jewel.

T.1-2. De Charles Gide & Charles Rist, revue & corrigee par Charles Rist.

T.1-2. De Charles Gide & Charles Rist, revue & corrigee par Charles Rist.

G. Burthemique (E of Charles Rist); 25Jul75; R610513. R610514.

T.1-2. De Charles Gide & Charles Rist, revue & corrigee par Charles Rist.

T.1-2. De Charles Gide & Charles Rist, revue & corrigee par Charles Rist.

G. Burthemique (E of Charles Rist); 25Jul75; R610513. R610514.

One day he scolded worse than usual, and soon after an Irishman said, in an aside: "Schure mum, an' ye mustn't be afther blamin' de rist av us fur that fellow's impidence.