To stan" or rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw'ther, To save their skin. 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... Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 34by Robert Burns - 1800 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Mackenzie - 1900 - 332 pages
...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 foe, 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... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1900 - 340 pages
...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 canld faint-hearted doubtings teaze him, Death comes, wi' fearless e'e he sees him ; Wi' blnidy hand,... | |
| 1900 - 668 pages
...last beside his chair shall fa', He is the king amang us three. " And again — " Bring a Scotchman 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.'1 Mr. President,... | |
| Henry Mackenzie - 1900 - 334 pages
...lying flat, he wavM his hat, And cried, God save the King, man. — Skiruing. 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... | |
| Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1900 - 490 pages
...Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw'ther, To save their skin. XXIX. 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,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1901 - 444 pages
...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, 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... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1904 - 632 pages
...undecided, and sceptical in the moment of action.' It is a word and a blow. ' Bring but 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.' The ' No Popery... | |
| Herbert Compton - 1904 - 626 pages
...with the spirit of his native master, who, when taken from his hills to the battlefield and told — There's the foe ; He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow ! No kennel can be complete without him. As a domestic watch and pet companion he is unsurpassed. Centuries... | |
| Robert Burns - 1905 - 532 pages
...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. xxx Nae ca iid, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; \Vi'... | |
| Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1905 - 492 pages
...lads were seldom backward to follow chief or laird leading them to war ; then Bring a Scotsman frac 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. As in the... | |
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