| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 Seiten
...the heel and hand admouish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, wow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon brent...and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim and... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 746 Seiten
...the heel and hand admonished, She ventured forward on the light; And, wow! Tarn saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillon brent...and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; grave the son had piously raised... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 Seiten
...the heel and hand admoniah'd, She ventur'd forward on the light, And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, — Nae cotillon...frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reete, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 448 Seiten
...question — the question is what business 2 Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : " and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nanny 1 " For Satan glowr'd, and fidged... | |
| James White - 1858 - 316 Seiten
...forward on the light ! And wow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round,... | |
| Henry Green - 1858 - 182 Seiten
...weeks thegither." " And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels Put life and mettle in their heels." " Coffins stood round like open presses, That sbow'd the dead in their last dresses." Burnt. Note 2,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 Seiten
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light, And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, — Nae cotillon...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like... | |
| James White - 1859 - 118 Seiten
...forward on the light! And wow! Tam saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round,... | |
| James White - 1859 - 108 Seiten
...witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reel* Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunker...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round,... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 Seiten
...Auld Langsyne." The room was then cleared for dancing, beginning with a grand march, after which " Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes,...strathspeys and reels Put life and mettle in their heels." The dancing was kept up till six AM, when the merry company dispersed. DEAN AND WATER OF LEITH IMPROVEMENT... | |
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