 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 Seiten
...swithei To stan' or rin, Till skelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...royal George's will, An' there's the foe ! He has na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow ! Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; Death comes,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 568 Seiten
...the most recent of a hundred equal proofs, has borne witness that, — bring a Briton frae his hill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought hut how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae eauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 Seiten
...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 trill (135), Say such is royal George's will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill... | |
 | 1855 - 446 Seiten
...assent to the imperative command. Being all good temperance men, they are not like Burns' Scotsman, " Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. In little else than warlike... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 Seiten
...Till skelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman free his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say,...is royal George's will, An' there's the foe! He has na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow ! Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; Death comes,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 Seiten
...hank'rin swither To stand 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...a Highland gill, Say such is Royal George's will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 Seiten
...hank'rin swither To stand 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...a Highland gill, Say such is Royal George's will, And there•s the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 Seiten
...strong drink, by a grand effort of imagination in associating it with the dying Highland soldier : — " Bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill, Say such is Royal George's will, And there 's the foe ! He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. " Nae canld, faint-hearted... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 Seiten
...hank'rin swiflier To stand 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 a Highland gill, Say such is Koyal George's will, And there's the foe, lie has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld,... | |
 | 1857 - 336 Seiten
...Bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill, Say such is Royal George's will, And there's the foe ! He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. " Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him. Death cornes; wi' fearless eye he sees him, Wi' bluidy... | |
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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... 
