 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
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...or rin, Till skelp—a shot—they're aff, a' throwther, 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 Twa at a blow. " Nae cauld,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...rin, Till skelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther, 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 na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow ! Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland trill (135), Say such is royal George's will, And 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... | |
 | 1855 - 446 pages
...not like Burns' Scotsman, " 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. In little else than warlike enterprise can the Turk be aroused from habitual indolence to show the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...or rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throther 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 Twa at a blow. Nae cauld faint-hearted... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...Till skelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman free his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland 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 ! Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, 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, And there•s the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...grand effort of imagination in associating it with the dying Highland soldier : — " Bring 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. " Nae canld,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, 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, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...or rin, Till skelp— a shot — they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say such is Koyal George's will, And there's the foe, lie has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld,... | |
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