 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1820 - 484 Seiten
...and his own countrymen who drink the spirit of malt. The description of the Scotsman is humorous : " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,t Say, such is royal George's will, . An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...hank'ring swither To stan' or rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him: Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're aff, a' throwther. To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman fr»e his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal Gcorge's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Wi' bluidy hand... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...hank'ring swither To stan' or rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Mungo Coultershoggle - 1825 - 250 Seiten
...worked himself into a violent passion. CHAPTER IV. THE CHALLENGE. Chap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. BPRNS. Sm Hector returned to his lodgings, like Shiinei. cursing as he went, with his eyes wide open... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 Seiten
...swither To stan' or rin, II ekelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther. To save their akin. liut bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill 1 wa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 Seiten
...rin, Till skelp—a shot—they're aff, a' tbrowther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman fraehis hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such...has nae thought but how to kill • Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him: Death comes, wi' fearless eyes he sees him; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 586 Seiten
...mind the highlyspirited verse of Burns, perhaps equal • to any thing that Tyrtaiu ever wrote: — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, sic is royal George's will, And there's the foe ; He has пае thought, but how to kill Twa at a blow."... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 584 Seiten
...mind the highlyspirited verse of Burns, perhaps equal* to any thing that TyrUeut ever wrote : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, sic is royal George's will, And there's the foe ; He has nae thought, but how to kill Twa at a blow."... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...liquor drawn from barley, by distillation. It produces very potent effects upon its votaries. Bring but a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. BURNS. The praises and admonitions of this ardent spirit cannot be better set forth, as well as those... | |
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But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him: Death comes, wi' fearless eye... 
