 | David Irving - 1804 - 524 pągines
...Kfe and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them...gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. VOL. II. 3 R Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses j... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pągines
...winuock-bunker i' the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' brasl \ A towzfc tyke, black, grim, an' large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, an' gart them skirl, Till roof an' ranters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round, like open prcsse;,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pągines
...life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them...was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl,Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl, — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the... | |
 | 1812 - 140 pągines
...r >*-»# ra'tl o slso* ^n. Thon and thf Smitb ^ot rrwbtg. fotl i 64 A towzie tyke, black, grim, an large; To gi'e them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, an' gart. them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round, like open presses, That... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pągines
...life and mettle in their heels, A winnock-buuker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them...gart them skirl! Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Collins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pągines
...unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance ». « There sat auld Nick , in shape o' beast ; A towsie tyke , black , grim , and large , To gie them music was his charge ». — . « Tarn stood , like ane bewitch'd , And thought his very een enrich'd ; Even Satan glowr'd... | |
 | Gilpin Gorst - 1825 - 116 pągines
...the uorrhwm Bard. 30 A winnock bmifkcr in the east, There sat uuld Nick in shape o' beast : A towsie tyke, black, grim and large, To gie them music was...gar't them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. They reel'd, they set, they cross'd they cleokit, ' Till ilka carlin swat and reekit." The handsome... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 pągines
...life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw 'd the pipes and gart them skirl. Till roof and rafters a' did dirl,— Coffins stood round like... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pągines
...life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker hi the east, There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black , grim , and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screvv'd the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round, like... | |
 | George Beattie - 1826 - 130 pągines
...the light fantastic toe ;" then jingled in my ears the forcible and firmly clenched lines of Burns: " He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl," &c. " ....Hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels. Put life and mettle in their heels," &c. " As Tarnmie... | |
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Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o... 
