 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 Seiten
...Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a'thr'owther, slap To save their skin. But bring a Scotchman 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 Tvva at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 Seiten
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they 're aff, a'thr'owther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotchman 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... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 516 Seiten
...soldiery, describes a Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Now, here is a vigorous stanza, — terse, clear, epigrammatic, and charged with thought equally fitted... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 508 Seiten
...soldiery, describes a Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Now, here is a vigorous stanza, — terse, clear, epigrammatic, and charged with thought equally fitted... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 Seiten
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotshman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...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... | |
 | 1905 - 1170 Seiten
...to call it into action. Burns has expressed this in two famous stanzas : — " But bring a Scotchman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings teaae him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1865 - 444 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 comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; WT bluidy... | |
 | 1866 - 174 Seiten
...Scottish poet represented the Highlander rising at the call of his country: ' 'But bring a Scotsman from 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." Now, sir, the speeches of the... | |
 | John Skirrow Peart - 1871 - 128 Seiten
...direction, Scotland an me's in great affliction, E'er sin they laid that carat restriction On aqua vitse. 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 Seiten
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw'ther, To save their skin. But bring a SCOTCHMAN frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted donbtings tease him ; Death comes, 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... 
