| Francis Grose - 1791 - 360 Seiten
...laft dreTTes; And (by fome deevilifh cantraip flight) Each in its cauld hand held a light; By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes, in gibbet-aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchirftcn'd bairns; A thief, new catted frae a rape, Wi' his laft... | |
| Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 Seiten
...their laft drelfes; And by fome devilifh cantrnip flight Each in his cauld hand hM a light.— By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab... | |
| 1794 - 534 Seiten
...drenes ; And (by fome deevelifh cantraip flight), Each in his cauld hand held a light ; . By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes, in gibbet-aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd baisas ; A thief, new cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft... | |
| Robert Burns - 1797 - 304 Seiten
...laft drefles; And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 Seiten
...laft drefles; And by fome devilifti cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 308 Seiten
...laft drefTes 5 And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which, heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 504 Seiten
...them skirl, * a Till roof and rafters a' did dirl."— Coffins stood round, like open presses, 1 * That shaw'd " the dead in their last dresses; And...slight, Each in its cauld " hand held a light.— 1 Swatt, fumes. * Noddle, head. * Car'd na, minded not. * Boddle, a farthing. ' Sair, sore. 6 Unco,... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 Seiten
...Till roof and rafters a' did dirj. 13 — Coffins stood round, like open presses, 14 That shaw'd 1s the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...slight, Each in its cauld " hand held a light.— 1 Swate, fumes. * Noddle, head. 3 Car'd na, minded not. 4 Boddle, a farthing. s Sair, spre. 6 Unco,... | |
| James Sargant Storer - 1805 - 124 Seiten
...inventory of attendant circumstances, that exhibits a mind fertile with images of the most terrine nature. Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd...cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa spán-lang,... | |
| James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - 1805 - 112 Seiten
...inventory of attendant circumstances, that exhibits a mind fertile with images of the most terrific nature. Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd...devilish cantrip slight. Each in its cauld hand held a lighty By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims;... | |
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