...thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane o' the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross : But ere the key-stane...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn with furious ettle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,...

...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...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ;" But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought aff her master...

...cleek." It is also used as a s., as in ' Tam o Shanter,' where Burns says of the witch Nannie, that she " Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle." 1. 111. refers to the story of <Eacus, who, having lost his subjects through a pestilence, entreated...

...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...little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought aff her master hale, I Looked on with rapture.—' Manifested a fidgety kind of joy or pleasure.—...

...thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stanes 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 ! 1 Proud. * Bought. 3 Cower— sink. * Loses. • Fuss. • Hive. 7 Unearthly. 6 It is a well-known...

...stream they darena cross. But ero the key-stnne she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! no For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettlo ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind...

...friends around him, a' in the bosom of his family ! " Ettle, to try, to attempt ; an endeavour : — " For Nannie far before the rest Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And Hew at Taт wi' furious etlle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle. " — Burns : Tam o' Shantcr. "...

...speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig ; There at them thon thy tail may toss, — A wn worth then not knowing, Or me, to whom thou gav'st...again, on better judgment making. Thus have I had the Tarn wi' furious ettle : But little wist she Maggie's mettle, — Ae spring brought aft" her master...

...there ie much more hazard in turning back.— (BB 1 7'.i:i. i There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane...make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, hard before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little...

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