Well, t' haave yer bowels think yer throat's cut isn't sauncy!
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
"There's nothin' but empty bowels and empty pipes in our house," the sweep said, "but we've got half a dozen good turf left!"
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
My fare does not agree with my health, and so I have begged of our kind attendants, to furnish me some poor, shriveled wheat, to keep in my room, to eat raw, to keep my bowels open.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard