 Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd,...  Specimens of the British Poets: Whitehead, 1785, to Anstey, 1805 - Страница 265аутор(и): - 1819Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 страница
...Unless | mischance\ -. miscAanc|eth me|, Such homely gift of me your man. Tusser to Lord W. Paget. The pi|per loud\ -. and loud\er blew|, The dancers| quick\ -. and quick\er flew|. _ Burns. O Henderson the man ! the brother ! And art ] thou gone\ : and gone \ for ev|er ! Burns. May... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 страница
...hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious. The mirth and...cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her daddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had they been queens, A' plump... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 страница
...themselves. 23* WITCHES' DANCE IN TAM O'SHANTER. " While Tammie glower'd^amazed and curious, The noise and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew." THE old woman, Jenny Wilson by name, who initiated the boy Burns into the mystery of wraiths, death-lights,... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1887 - 644 страница
...heads, arms, and legs were all into one confused and agitated mass. We thought of Tam O'Shanter — " The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew." But there was no " Cutty Sark " in the dance to give it piquancy to such as Tam. The furious dance... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 страница
...every neuk : Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu", Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu : As Tammie glow'r'd,n amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and...cross'd, they cleekit,* Till ilka carlin swat and reekit.P And coost her duddiesi to the wark, And linket1 at it in her sark.' Now Tarn, O Tarn ! had... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 страница
...hairs yet stack to the heft; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', • Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and...quicker flew; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekh, Till ilka Carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 страница
...hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfii', Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and...quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cfeekit, Till ilka Carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her... | |
 | 1845 - 440 страница
...hairs yet stuck to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrihle and awfu' Which ev'n to name wad he unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious The mirth and fun...grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder hlew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they crose'd, they Till ilka carlin... | |
 | 1847 - 486 страница
...drowned by shouts of buoyant laughter. Oh ! for the brush of an artist, to paint the joyous scene ! " The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper...reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 'Till ilka darlin (I beg Mr. Burns' pardon) swat and reckit." While thus we heeled the floor, for tripping it... | |
 | 1904 - 668 страница
...lines from the description of the witches' dance in ' Tarn o' Shanter ' :— Till ilka carlin ewat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark. The origin of "true-blue" as an epithet of Presbyterian, with the meaning of "staunch," is unknown... | |
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