 | 1875 - 540 Seiten
...4Spirits. • Ghosts and owls. • Pedlar was smothered. * Stone heap. Through ilka bore1 the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! What dangers thou canst mak us scorn ! Wi' tippenny,2 we fear nae evil ; Wi' usquebae,3 we 'll face the devil ! — The swats... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...resounded mirth and danciim. Inspiring hold .lohn Barleyeorn! What dangers thou canst make us seorn ! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil ; Wi' usquebae, we'll face the Devil ! The swats sae reamed in Tammie's noddle, Fair play, he cared na deilsa boddle. But Maggie stood right sair astonished,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 Seiten
...at a smart pace. f Smothered. Kirk Alloway seemed ill a bleeze; Through ilka boro * the brains wore glancing; And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! What dangers tliou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippeimy, we fear uae evil; Wi' usquebae, we '11 face the Devil! Tlie... | |
 | Ralph Knight - 1959 - 246 Seiten
...smothered birches; big stone broke his neck bone furze; rock pile found; child above blaze every chink Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou...make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquabae, we'll face the Devil! The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, Fair play, he car'd na deils... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 430 Seiten
...fittest to encounter them, when the poet's observation is not unlikely to apply — " Inspiring bauld John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn...swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, Fair play, he caredna deils a hodle !" Neither has the sense of smell, in its ordinary state, much connexion with... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; (1. 59-62) 55 s of His Love 12 tippeny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil! (1. 105-108) 56 Ae spring brought off... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...loud resounded mirth and dancing. Inspiring bold John Barleycom! What dangers thou canst make us scom! Wi' tippenny we fear nae evil; Wi' usquebae we'll face the devil! The swats sae reamed in Tammie's noddle. Fair play, he cared na deils a boddle. no But Maggie stood right sair astonished,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...sane and had to. JOSEPH HELLER, (b. 1923) US author. Catch-22, ch. 5(1961). Alcohol and Drunkenness 1 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou...make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil! ROBERT BURNS, (1759-1796) Scottish poet. Tarn o' Shanter," I. 105-108(1791).... | |
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The doubling storm roars thro' the woods, The lightnings flash from pole to pole, Near and more near the thunders roll, When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze, Thro' ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded... 
