 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...she Maggie's mettle Ae spring* brought off her master hale,' But left behind her ain 7 gray tail : The carlin claught * her by the rump, And left poor...stump. Now, wha ' this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk 10 man and mother's son, take heed : * It is a well known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits,... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 pages
...wist she Maggie's mettle ; Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. 33 BRAES a BALLOCHMYLE. ON the steep bank of the river Ayr, about thirteen miles above the county town,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...turning back. Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carl in claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce...take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor...truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: i It is a well-known tradilion that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...Maggie's mettle — • — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor...take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shunter's mare.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...hazard in turning back. Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor...take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tarn o' Shanter's mare.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail s The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale of truth shail read, Ilk man and mother's son, lake heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...danger may be in his going forward, there is mueh more hazard in turning baek. Now, wha this tale of truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: Whene'er to drink you are inelin'd, Or eutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tom o' Shanter's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. f Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and...take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, * It ip a well-known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits, have no... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought aff her master hale, But left behind, her ain grey tail : The Carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor...tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son tak heed : Whane'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or Cutty Sarks rin in your mind, Think, ye may buy the... | |
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But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi... 
