 | 1848 - 530 pàgines
...it " a true Andrew Ferrara." Most readers remember what Burns says of Highlanders and broadswords: " Bring but a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...a Highland gill, Say, such is Royal George's will, And there's the foe; He hat пае thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Highlanders have now, very... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 566 pàgines
...your horses." " But bring a Scotchman from his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, si IMS royal George's will. An there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." " Well," said Mytton, " I do not mind a small drop of whisky; I am rather cold, and it is such a bore... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pàgines
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're afif, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotrman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George'* will, An' there's the foe, He has пае thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae canld,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pàgines
...countrymen who drink the spirit of malt. The description of the Scotsmen is humorous : " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a' Highland...such is Royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He haa nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination of... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1850 - 304 pàgines
...recent of a hundred equal proofs, has borne witnefs that, — bring a Briton frae his hill, Say, fuch is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings teafe him ; Death comes, wi' fearlefs eye he fees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 560 pàgines
...recent of a hundred equal proofs, has borne witness that, — bring a Briton frae his hill, * * * * # # Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. N&Q cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 566 pàgines
...the most recent of a hundred equal proofs, has borne witness that, — bring a Briton frae his hill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 492 pàgines
...a hundred equal proofs, has borne witness that, — bring a Briton frae his hill, ****** Say, sueh is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him . Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pàgines
...swither To stan' or rin, Till skelp—a shot—they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. " Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pàgines
...To stan' or rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. " Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
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But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him: Death comes, wi' fearless eye... 
