 | Joshua Coffin - 1845 - 438 страница
...his company, there might be found, on the same platform, half a dozen dancers, and a fiddler, whose ' Hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels,' together with a large crowd, who made up a long procession. Their custom was, to call at the principal... | |
 | James William Massie - 1846 - 572 страница
...association recalled by a visit to these sepulchral dormitories with " The winnock-bunker in the east, Where sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gi'e them music was his charge." In perfect harmony -with such objects of venerated devotion and means of exciting homage and liberality... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 страница
...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 - 228 страница
...But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, an' reels, Put life an' mettle i' their heels : A winnock-bunker i' the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' beast ;...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 страница
...1-itit hornpipes. jigs, Ktrathtpeys and reels, Put life and mettle in their hi-cU A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 страница
...light; And, vow ! Tarn saw an. unco si^ht! Warlocks and witches in a dance i Nae cotillon brent new frae green, I saw thee waking from the dust; Then turn...Hart, late Carey & Hart" Aikin John" John Aikin( g;xrt them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, Tint... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 страница
...-, And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon brent new frae whichh towzic tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, and gart... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 страница
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life an 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 his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 страница
...And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, — Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels,...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 like open presses,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 страница
...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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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 gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a... 
