 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1859 - 838 Seiten
...There sat sold Nick, in shape o' beast— A towzie tyke, black, prim, and large— T" _•:..• tin-in music was his charge ; He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, T.il r..ofan' rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open presses, i ¡;it «haw'd the dead... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 Seiten
...similar to that awful night, when Kirk Allowav seemed in a blaze, and the great musician, " Screwed his pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirL" The whole affair, however, was wound up successfully, and at the appointed hour the Hall was filled... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 576 Seiten
...dance: Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life aud mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' boast; A towii" Here is what the editor of the ' Witchcraft Trials' so justly calls a display of "... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 Seiten
...witches in a dance; Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in...pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a" diit dirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 Seiten
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, shaggy dog To gie them music was his charge ; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 328 Seiten
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, »baggy dog To gie them music was his charge ; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 592 Seiten
...witches in a dance : 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' beast ; A towzi« Here is what the editor of the ' Witchcraft Trials ' so justly calls a display of " imagination."... | |
 | 1865 - 344 Seiten
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, shaggy dog To gie them music was his charge; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 Seiten
...brent-new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels Put life and mettle in their heels. At winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick in...large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open presses,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 Seiten
...witches in a dance; 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' beast; 120 A towsie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and... | |
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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 
