Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, 1. köideWilliam Magee, 1800 |
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... muckle devil blaw ye fouth , If ye diffemble ! Does ony great man glunch an ' gloom Speak out an ' never fash your thumb ! Let pofts an ' penfions fink or foom Wi ' them wha grant ' em : If honeftly they canna come , Far better want ...
... muckle devil blaw ye fouth , If ye diffemble ! Does ony great man glunch an ' gloom Speak out an ' never fash your thumb ! Let pofts an ' penfions fink or foom Wi ' them wha grant ' em : If honeftly they canna come , Far better want ...
Page 22
... muckle house repair , Wi ' inftant fpeed , An ' ftrive wi ' a ' your wit and Lear , To get remeád . Yon ill - tongu'd tinkler , Charlie Fox , May taunt you wi ' his jeers and mocks ; But gie him't het , my hearty cocks ! E'n cowe the ...
... muckle house repair , Wi ' inftant fpeed , An ' ftrive wi ' a ' your wit and Lear , To get remeád . Yon ill - tongu'd tinkler , Charlie Fox , May taunt you wi ' his jeers and mocks ; But gie him't het , my hearty cocks ! E'n cowe the ...
Page 36
... muckle pity . The Clachan yill had made me canty , I was na fou , but just had plenty ; I ftacher'd whyles , but yet took tent ay To free the ditches : An ' hillocks , ftanes , an ? bufhes kenn'd ay , Frae ghaifts an ' witches .. The ...
... muckle pity . The Clachan yill had made me canty , I was na fou , but just had plenty ; I ftacher'd whyles , but yet took tent ay To free the ditches : An ' hillocks , ftanes , an ? bufhes kenn'd ay , Frae ghaifts an ' witches .. The ...
Page 51
... muckle mair than ye can mak to through . As for your Priesthood , I fhall fay but little , Corbies and Clergy are a fhot right kittle : But , under favour o ' your langer beard , Abufe o ' Magiftrates might weel be fpar'd ; To liken ...
... muckle mair than ye can mak to through . As for your Priesthood , I fhall fay but little , Corbies and Clergy are a fhot right kittle : But , under favour o ' your langer beard , Abufe o ' Magiftrates might weel be fpar'd ; To liken ...
Page 69
... muckle gear as buy a fheep , O , bid him never tie them mair Wi ' wicked ftrings o ' hemp or hair ! But ca ' them out to park or hill , An ' let them wander at their will : So may his flock increafe , an ' grow To fcores o ' Lambs and ...
... muckle gear as buy a fheep , O , bid him never tie them mair Wi ' wicked ftrings o ' hemp or hair ! But ca ' them out to park or hill , An ' let them wander at their will : So may his flock increafe , an ' grow To fcores o ' Lambs and ...
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