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" But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An there's the foe! "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 88
1905
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...they're aft", a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, , , Clap in his check a Highland gill, .... Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, lie has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ! Death...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life ..., Issue 670, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...Scotsman is humorous: " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill," Say, euch is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, -He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination <>f the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld. faint-hearted...
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The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 1

English literature - 1819 - 352 pages
...finely pourtrayed the character of the Scottish soldier, in his humorous verses in praise of whisky. " Bring a Scotchman frae his hill, " Clap in his cheek...royal George's will, " An' there's the foe, " He has HOC thought but how to kill " Twa at a blow." Of late years the Scotch soldiers have aquired a most...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1820 - 484 pages
...the Scotsman is humorous : " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,t Say, such is royal George's will, . An' there's the...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination of the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld, faint-hearted...
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 4

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...rise; and i«o happily expressed in the glowing language of Burns. — " But bring n Scotchman fr»e his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, > Say such is royal George's will, Anil there's the foe : He has DUG thought, but how to kill ' Twa at a blow.' Wilkie has two other pieces...
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The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc

Great Britain - 1820 - 866 pages
...; tuul BO happily expressed in the glowing language of Burns. — " But bring n Scotchman free kis hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say such is royal George's will, And there's the foe : He has nae thought, but how to kill • Twaat»blow.» \ViIkie has two other...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 38

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're aff, a' throwther. To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman fr»e his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal Gcorge's will, An' there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Wi' bluidy hand...
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Goslington Shadow: A Romance of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 2

Mungo Coultershoggle - English fiction - 1825 - 250 pages
...worked himself into a violent passion. CHAPTER IV. THE CHALLENGE. Chap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. BPRNS. Sm Hector returned to his lodgings, like Shiinei. cursing as he went, with his eyes wide open...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...rin, II ekelpt — a shot ; — they're aff a throwther. To save their akin. liut bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill 1 wa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees...
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The History of Thucydides, Volume 2

Thucydides - Greece - 1829 - 584 pages
...bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, sic is royal George's will, And there's the foe ; He has nae thought, but how to kill Twa at a blow." ' i Supporting half of the army.] Namely, of Brasidas. The other half, it should seem, was paid by...
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