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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets - Page 44
1831
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1853 - 400 pages
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light, And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, — Nae cotillon...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round...
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The Genius, and Character of Burns

John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...question—the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge:" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged...
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The Genius, and Character of Burns

John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...question — the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie ! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged...
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and ...

Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...forward on the light; And wow ! Tarn saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge ; He screw' d the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round,...
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The Poetical and Prose Works of Robert Burns: With Life, Notes and ...

Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...the heel and hand admouish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, wow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon brent...and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim and...
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The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers. Libr. ed, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1856 - 746 pages
...the heel and hand admonished, She ventured forward on the light; And, wow! Tarn saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillon brent...and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; grave the son had piously raised...
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Essays Critical and Imaginative, Volume 7

John Wilson - 1856 - 448 pages
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...the heel and hand admoniah'd, She ventur'd forward on the light, And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, — Nae cotillon...frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reete, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape...
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Essays critical and imaginative

John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...question — the question is what business 2 Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : " and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nanny 1 " For Satan glowr'd, and fidged...
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