 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 ページ
...swither To stan' or 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 - 508 ページ
...Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...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 - 516 ページ
...Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...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 - 1866 - 356 ページ
...throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, 20 Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him ; An' when he fa's, His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him In... | |
 | 1866 - 174 ページ
...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... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1869 - 602 ページ
...Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...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, James Currie - 1869 - 624 ページ
...Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,4 Say, such is royal George's will, An' there 's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nao cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 312 ページ
...or rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're, u' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frac his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say,...is royal George's will. An' there's the foe, He has пае thought hut how to kill Twa at a blow. Nao cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him; licttth... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1886 - 478 ページ
...years later we find Burns claiming a similar virtue for Highland whisky : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." And again in that " tale of truth," "Tarn o' Shanter "— " Wi" tippenny we fear nae evil ; Wi' usquebae... | |
 | Inverness Gaelic Society - 1873 - 154 ページ
...sheep and deer. Here again : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hitt, Clap in his cheek a Highlan' gill, Say such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe : He has na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." There is siirely much in the little, that all he wants in... | |
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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! 
