 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 352 pàgines
...For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettlo ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring...brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1870 - 642 pàgines
...tail she had to shake ; For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ;" But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought aff her master hale, I Looked on with rapture.—' Manifested a fidgety kind of joy or pleasure.—... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pàgines
...she had to shake ! For Nannie, hard before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle...brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pàgines
...The fient a tail she had to shake ; For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, e I had thee, as a dream doth flatter ', In sleep a king, but, waking, no such matter. SHAKESPE aft" her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin clanght her by the rump, And left... | |
 | Scottish readings - 1872 - 252 pàgines
...had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam with furious ettle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle...her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1872 - 422 pàgines
...For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam with furious ctlle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle— Ae spring brought...her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1872 - 778 pàgines
...For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie press'd, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettlo ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring...brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carline claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pàgines
...The fient a tail she had to shake ; For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . aff her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin clanght her by the rump, And left... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 1170 pàgines
...the plain like the stream from tke rock.*1 7. " All glossy, gay, enamelled all with gold." 8. " Ac spring Brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail." 9. "And be he who first cries hold." ANSWERS TO PUZZLES, &0. (Pages 277, 278, 279, 280.) 28. — Philo-sophy.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pàgines
...tail she had to shake! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle—...brought off her master hale. But left behind her ain gray tail: The carl in caught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale... | |
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