 | 1839 - 460 pàgines
...lineaments of peace and joy in that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard : "The cheorfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...grace, The big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i portion with judicious care; And 'Let... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pàgines
...he's press'd, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell How 'twas a towmond auld sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper...big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - 1840 - 496 pàgines
...was disgusted with bis Bible because he was accustomed to use it at school as a common schoolbook. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffits wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Sion glide, He wales a portion... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pàgines
...bell," are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. " The cheerfu' rapper gard anee his father'» pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffeU wearing thin an' hare... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 pàgines
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, \vi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : * His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pàgines
...they did eat. LESSON XLIV. The Cotter's Saturday Night. — Urn .vs. 1 THE cheerful supper done, with serious face, They round the ingle,* form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pàgines
...bonnet on his horns, is not half so ludicrous, though painted on purpose. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pàgines
...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerftd supper done, wi' serious face They round the fire-place form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big old Bible, once his father's pride His bonnet reverently is laid aside, Hie grey locks wearing thin... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 pàgines
...calling to mind these Hues, contrast the pompous parade of the one with the humble piety of the other. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His laggart haffets wearin' thin and bare, Those strains that... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pàgines
...as they could get — without recalling the beautiful lines in Burns' " Cotter's Saturday Night :" " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside,... | |
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The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious... 
