| Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1829 - 490 pages
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| Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...from barley, by distillation. It produces very potent effects upon its votaries. Bring but a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. BURNS. The praises and admonitions of this ardent spirit cannot be better set forth, as well as those... | |
| 1831 - 426 pages
...he someümes s'udied Polin . отег a filüí of ¡;aid ai:ld Sevteh Drink. Rnt bring a Scotsman frae his hill. Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George't will, An' there's the foe. He has пае thought but how to kill TwaatablDW. Nae cauld, faint-hearted... | |
| Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...The description of the Scotsmen is humorous : " Bat bring a Scotsman frao bin bill, Clap In bis check a' Highland gill, Say such Is Royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He hu nae thought but how to kill Twa al a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination of... | |
| Robert Burns - 1834 - 236 pages
...rin, All skelpt — a shot; — they're aft* a throwther. To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal Gear/re'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 - 1835 - 440 pages
...Scotsman is humorous ; " But bring a Scotsman frae Ins 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." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagi. nation of the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld faint-hearted... | |
| Charles James Napier - 1835 - 312 pages
...neither doubt nor faintheartedness. We must then recollect the words of Burns:— " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, ••;• . , ... ." Clap in his cheek...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." With such a single,... | |
| John Kay - 1838 - 402 pages
...doughty heroes to whom .Burns alludes in his " Earnest Cry and Prayer,"— " But bring a Scotsman free his hill — Clap in his cheek a Highland gill —...George's will, An' there's the foe — He has nae thocht but how to kill Twa at a blow." John nobly supported the character of his countrymen at the... | |
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