The Works of Robert Fergusson: To which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's LifeS.A. & H. Oddy, 1807 - 364 páginas |
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... maun fill his crap Frae the milk coggie , or the parritch caup . WILLIE . Sandie ! gif this were ony common plea , I should the lealest o ' my counsel gie ; But mak or meddle betwixt man and wife , Is what I never did in a ' my life ...
... maun fill his crap Frae the milk coggie , or the parritch caup . WILLIE . Sandie ! gif this were ony common plea , I should the lealest o ' my counsel gie ; But mak or meddle betwixt man and wife , Is what I never did in a ' my life ...
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... maun sadden ilka ee ; And ilka waefu ' shepherd grieve wi ' me . DAVIE . Wharefore begin a sad and dowie strain , Or banish liltin frae the Fifan plain ? Tho ' Simmer's gane , and we nae langer view The blades o ' claver wat wi ' pearls ...
... maun sadden ilka ee ; And ilka waefu ' shepherd grieve wi ' me . DAVIE . Wharefore begin a sad and dowie strain , Or banish liltin frae the Fifan plain ? Tho ' Simmer's gane , and we nae langer view The blades o ' claver wat wi ' pearls ...
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... maun lighten ilka ee ; And ilka canty callant sing like me . GEORDIE . Na , na ! a canty spring wad now impart Just threefauld sorrow to my heavy heart . Thof to the weet my ripened aits had fa'an , Or shake - winds owre my rigs wi ...
... maun lighten ilka ee ; And ilka canty callant sing like me . GEORDIE . Na , na ! a canty spring wad now impart Just threefauld sorrow to my heavy heart . Thof to the weet my ripened aits had fa'an , Or shake - winds owre my rigs wi ...
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... maun also now implore Auld wives to steek ilk hole and bore ; If baudrins slip but to the door , I fear , I fear , She'll no lang shank upon all four This time o ' year . H h Next day each hero tells his news O ' crackit -241.
... maun also now implore Auld wives to steek ilk hole and bore ; If baudrins slip but to the door , I fear , I fear , She'll no lang shank upon all four This time o ' year . H h Next day each hero tells his news O ' crackit -241.
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... maun pe see our guard . ” Out spak the weirlike corporal , Bring in ta drucken sot : " 66 They trail'd him ben , and by my saul , He paid his drucken groat For that neist day . Gude fouk , as ye come frae the fair , Bide yont frae this ...
... maun pe see our guard . ” Out spak the weirlike corporal , Bring in ta drucken sot : " 66 They trail'd him ben , and by my saul , He paid his drucken groat For that neist day . Gude fouk , as ye come frae the fair , Bide yont frae this ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
aften amang AMYNTAS Auld Reikie baith bauld beauty blaw blithe bonny Braid Claith braw breath breeze canty cauld cauler cheer chiel CORYDON cou'd DAMON death dowie e'er Edina's Edinburgh fair Fancy fouk frae friends gales genius GEORDIE gloom glowr green groves gude hail hame hath heart ilka Invermay lads landlord loun lyre maun melody mind mirth mony mourn Muse nae mair Naiads ne'er never night numbers o'er OLIVER & CO owre plain poortith reign Robert Fergusson round scene Scotland shade shepherd shore shou'd sigh siller Simmer sing smiles song sorrows spring St Andrews strain streams swain sweet thee thou thro TIMANTHES tongue trow Twas virtue voice wame weel weet Whan Whare Whase wing wirrikow woes wonted youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 116 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 250 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 288 - And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near. Yet thrift, industrious, bides her latest days, Tho' age her sair-dow'd front wi' runcles wave ; Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays ; Her e'enin stent reels she as weel's the lave. On some feast-day the wee things, buskit braw, Shall heeze her heart up wi...
Página 247 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Página 66 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 198 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 313 - I'd been there, How I wad trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o
Página 132 - O great god Pan, to thee Thus do we sing ! Thou that keep'st us chaste and free As the young spring ; Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the Morn is broke To that place Day doth unyoke...
Página 243 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 288 - O mock na this, my friends ! but rather mourn, Ye in life's brawest spring wi' reason clear ; Wi' eild our idle fancies a' return, And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's ay cradled whan the grave is near.