Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition, Band 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821 |
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... Scot- tish throne . It is not my intention to trace the dazz- ling career of this race of heroes , whose exploits were alike formidable to the English and to their own sovereign . The sun of Douglas set in blood . The mur- ders of the ...
... Scot- tish throne . It is not my intention to trace the dazz- ling career of this race of heroes , whose exploits were alike formidable to the English and to their own sovereign . The sun of Douglas set in blood . The mur- ders of the ...
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... Scot- " land . " With these words they encountered fiercely , till An- gus , with one blow , severed the thigh of his antagonist , who died upon the spot . The Earl then addressed the attendant of Kilspindie : " Go thy way : tell my ...
... Scot- " land . " With these words they encountered fiercely , till An- gus , with one blow , severed the thigh of his antagonist , who died upon the spot . The Earl then addressed the attendant of Kilspindie : " Go thy way : tell my ...
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... two lines of which are preserved in the Complaynt of Scot- land ; God sen the Duc hed byddin in France , And de la Bate had never come hame . VOL . I. P. 100 , Edin . 1801 . B . faction and that of Angus , in the High INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... two lines of which are preserved in the Complaynt of Scot- land ; God sen the Duc hed byddin in France , And de la Bate had never come hame . VOL . I. P. 100 , Edin . 1801 . B . faction and that of Angus , in the High INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... Scot of Buccleuch even appropriated to himself domains belonging to the Queen , worth 400 merks yearly ; being probably the castle of Newark , and her join- ture lands in Ettrick Forest . + - This chief , with 1523 nerous interposition ...
... Scot of Buccleuch even appropriated to himself domains belonging to the Queen , worth 400 merks yearly ; being probably the castle of Newark , and her join- ture lands in Ettrick Forest . + - This chief , with 1523 nerous interposition ...
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... Scot- tish Prince , unable to execute justice on his turbu- lent subjects , committed to a rival sovereign the power of unlimited chastisement , was a principal cause of the savage state of the Borders . For the inhabitants , finding ...
... Scot- tish Prince , unable to execute justice on his turbu- lent subjects , committed to a rival sovereign the power of unlimited chastisement , was a principal cause of the savage state of the Borders . For the inhabitants , finding ...
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Seite 1 - Now ever alake, my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Seite 57 - If thou'rt the lord of this castle, Sae weel it pleases me, For, ere I cross the Border fells, The tane of us shall die.
Seite lx - I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much; But since I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter.
Seite 194 - And as we cross'd the Bateable Land, When to the English side we held, The first o' men that we met wi', Whae sould it be but fause Sakelde ? ' Where be ye gaun, ye hunters keen ? ' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me ! ' ' We go to hunt an English stag, Has trespass'd on the Scots countrie.
Seite cv - Tells how the drudging goblin sweat To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had...
Seite 195 - Where are ye gaun, ye mason lads, Wi' a' your ladders, lang and hie?' 'We gang to herry a corbie's nest, That wons not far frae Woodhouselee.
Seite cxciv - O wha is this has done this deed, And tauld the king o' me, To send us out, at this time of the year, To sail upon the sea ? " Be it wind, be it weet, be it hail, be it sleet, Our ship must sail the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway, Tis we must fetch her hame.
Seite cv - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Seite cxciii - Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The King's daughter of Noroway, 'Tis thou maun bring her hame.
Seite 1 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; " And, if we gang to sea, master,