 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pàgines
...Hebrides, Sub Thursday, 19th August (177S). tA river near St. Andrews. Mind ye what Sam, the lying loun, Has in his Dictionar laid down? — That aits,...regents! then, and hear My list o' gudely hameil gear, Sic as hae aften rax'd the wame O' blyther fallows mony time: Mair hardy, souple, steeve, and swank,... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1800 - 250 pàgines
...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 and horse, an' sicken beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o' man an' woman. Tak... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pàgines
...heat the body, cool the mind. But hear, my lads ! gin I'd been there, How I'd hae trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met wi'...hameil gear ; Rr Sic as hae aften rax'd the wyme O' blyther fallows mony time ; $fair hardy, souple, steeve, and swank, Than ever stood on Samy's shank.... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1812 - 274 pàgines
...heat the body, cool the mind. But hear, my lads ! gin I'd been there, How I'd hae trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met wi'...Regents ! then, and hear My list o' gudely hameil gear ; Sic as hae aften rax'J the wyme O' blyther fallows mony a time ; Mair hardy, souple, steeve, and... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1815 - 348 pàgines
...! , For ne'er sic surly wight as he x 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' sicken beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o' Man an'... | |
 | Robert Fergusson, James Gray - 1821 - 292 pàgines
...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' sicken beast ; While, in Scots ground, this growth was common To gust the gab o' man... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1821 - 278 pàgines
...fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met \vi' 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' sicken beast ; While, in Scots ground, this growth was common To gust the gab o' man... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1840 - 56 pàgines
...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,...woman. Tak tent, ye regents ! then, and hear My list o' guidly hameil gear, Sic as hae aften rax'd the wamo O' blyther fallows mony time : Mair hardy, souple,... | |
 | Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1851 - 480 pàgines
...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' man and... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1910 - 280 pàgines
...partially correct; it awoke, however, the wratb of the poet Ferguson— " Mind ye what Sam, the lying ioun, Has in his Dictionar laid down? That aits in England are a feast To cow and horse an" siccau beast, While in Soots gnmd the growth was common To gust the gab o' man an' woman." '"Yes,"... | |
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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,... 
