 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross! But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake: For...  Lectures on the English Comic Writers - Pagina 158de William Hazlitt - 1845 - 222 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pagini
...soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane * of the brig ;* There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ;4 . But little wist she Maggie's mettle Ae spring* brought off her master hale,'... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 pagini
...next running stream; and Tarn's mare, having just gained the " key stane o' the brig," was overtaken, For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle ; Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pagini
...key-stane ' of the brig ; There at them them thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. Hut ere the key-stane she could make, • The fient a...upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious el tin ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pagini
...at them thou thy tail may toss, A riimin stream they darena cross. But e'er the key-stane she coud make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far afore the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, An' flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pagini
...soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane * of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream...far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, * It is a well known fact that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight any... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pagini
...soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane* of the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae * It is a well-known fact, that... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pagini
...Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the kej-stane* of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare ua cross, But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake 1 For Nannie, far... | |
 | 1813 - 442 pagini
...of Mr. Cooper's merit in this performance : " 36. Tarn O'Shanter.— A. Ceoper. " And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle ; Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail." — BURNS. " This picture is most happily... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pagini
...tale she had to shake ! For Nannie, far above the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle— Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The earlin e1aught her by the rump, And left... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pagini
...Kate toon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane* of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream...they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could mate, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest,... | |
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