 | Walter Scot - 1776 - 192 Seiten
...was the Armftrangs, able men, Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame ; I would have none think that I call them thieves ; For if I did, it .would be arrant lies ; For all Frontiers, and Borders, I obferve, Wherever they lie, are Free-booters, And does the enemy much more harms, Than five thoufand... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 478 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. • The armorial bearings, adopted by many of the border tribes, shew how little they were ashamed... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 718 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 532 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 534 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - 1830 - 458 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men, Somewhat unruly and very ill to tame, I would have none think that I call them thieves, For if I did it would be arrant lies. Near a border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man, but he's a freebooter. A freebooter... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men j Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Peter Orlando Hutchinson - 1844 - 326 Seiten
...the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and verie ill to tame. I would have none thinke that I call them thieves, For if I did it would be arrant lies." By this he means, that they were only freebooters, and that the fat beeves of which they relieved their... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men, Somewhat unruly and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. • • • . • Near a border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter.... | |
 | Michael Aislabie Denham - 1892 - 388 Seiten
...was the Armstrongs, able men, Somewhat unruly and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies." Satchell's History of the Name of Scott. The above author would gladly make it appear that a reiver... | |
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Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. 
