 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 էջ
...they're aft", a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, , , Clap in his check a Highland gill, .... Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, lie has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ! Death... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 էջ
...Scotsman is humorous: " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill," Say, euch is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, -He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination <>f the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld. faint-hearted... | |
 | 1819 - 352 էջ
...finely pourtrayed the character of the Scottish soldier, in his humorous verses in praise of whisky. " Bring a Scotchman frae his hill, " Clap in his cheek...royal George's will, " An' there's the foe, " He has HOC thought but how to kill " Twa at a blow." Of late years the Scotch soldiers have aquired a most... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1820 - 484 էջ
...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...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination of the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
 | 1820 - 866 էջ
...; tuul BO happily expressed in the glowing language of Burns. — " But bring n Scotchman free kis 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 • Twaat»blow.» \ViIkie has two other... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 էջ
...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... | |
 | Mungo Coultershoggle - 1825 - 250 էջ
...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 էջ
...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 a Highland gill,...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... | |
 | Thucydides - 1829 - 584 էջ
...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." ' i Supporting half of the army.] Namely, of Brasidas. The other half, it should seem, was paid by... | |
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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! 
