 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...their heels. A winnock-bunkerb in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke,c black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge ; He screw'd the pipes and gartd them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl.' — Coffins stood round like open presses, That... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 232 pages
...mettle i' their heels: A winnock-bunker i' the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim and large, To gie them music was...presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; 4* And by some dev'lish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light,— By which heroic Tarn... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 228 pages
...mettle i' their heels : A winnock-bunker i' the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim and large, To gie them music was his charge ; He screw'd the pipes and gait them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...mettle in their hi-cU A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : fie screw'd his pipes and girt them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...meltfe in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was...their last dresses ) And by some devilish cantraip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light,— By which heroic Tom was able To note upon the holy... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes, and g;xrt them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, Tint... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 656 pages
...shape o' beast ; A lowzie tyke, blaek, grim, and large. To gie them musie was his eharge : He serew'd the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirt" COSTUME. THE rudely-sculptured monuments and crosses which time has spared upon the hills and... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzio tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was...their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantraip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light,— By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzic serve slight, Each in its cauld hand" held a light, — By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large. To gie them music was...dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon... | |
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