The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Band 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 |
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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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... Scot of Buccleuch even appropriated to himself domains , belonging to the queen , worth 4000 merks yearly ; being probably the castle of New- ark , and her jointure lands in Ettrick forest + .— " long remembered in Edinburgh , by the ...
... Scot of Buccleuch even appropriated to himself domains , belonging to the queen , worth 4000 merks yearly ; being probably the castle of New- ark , and her jointure lands in Ettrick forest + .— " long remembered in Edinburgh , by the ...
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... Scot- land ; and the more eastern part to England . Yet the Debateable Land continued long after to be the residence of the thieves and banditti , to whom its dubious state had afforded a desirable refuge + . * These were the lairds of ...
... Scot- land ; and the more eastern part to England . Yet the Debateable Land continued long after to be the residence of the thieves and banditti , to whom its dubious state had afforded a desirable refuge + . * These were the lairds of ...
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... Scot- land , now burst forth , with the violence of a vol- canic eruption . The siege of Leith was commen- ced , by the combined forces of the Congregation and of England . The borderers cared little about speculative points of religion ...
... Scot- land , now burst forth , with the violence of a vol- canic eruption . The siege of Leith was commen- ced , by the combined forces of the Congregation and of England . The borderers cared little about speculative points of religion ...
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... Scot- tish history . The distress of a beautiful and afflicted princess softened the hearts of her subjects ; and , when she escaped from her severe captivity , the most power- ful barons in Scotland crowded around her stand- ard ...
... Scot- tish history . The distress of a beautiful and afflicted princess softened the hearts of her subjects ; and , when she escaped from her severe captivity , the most power- ful barons in Scotland crowded around her stand- ard ...
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ancient arms Armstrongs auld baith ballad barons battle betwixt Bewcastle border Bothwell Buccleuch called Carlisle castle Cessford chief chieftain clan Cumberland cumpanie Dickie Douglas Earl of Angus Edinburgh editor Elliot England English Ettricke Foreste fair Dodhead Fairnihirst frae gane Græmes gude hand Hobbie Noble horse Jedburgh Johnie Armstrong Johnstone Kerr king king's Kinmont Willie lads ladye laird Laird's Jock lands Langholm Liddesdale Lochmaben Lord Maxwell Lord Scroope Maitland manrent mony moss-troopers Murray ne'er nevir night Otterbourne Outlaw OUTLAW MURRAY ower prisoner ride sall sayd Scot Scotland Scott Scottish Selkirkshire Sir Patrick Sir Patrick Spens Sir Robert Sir Robert Kerr slain songs spak spears suld sword ta'en thai thair thee thou thro tion Tividale town warden weel
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Seite 9 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a
Seite 10 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Seite c - 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 8 - 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 6 - To sail this new ship of mine ?" , O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee, — " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor,
Seite 12 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see na mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi...
Seite 11 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, " Another o' the twine, " And wap them into our ship's side,
Seite 7 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Seite 197 - And he has plunged in wi' a' his band, And safely swam them through the stream. He turned him on the other side, And at Lord Scroope his glove flung he — "If ye like na my visit in merry England, In fair Scotland come visit me...
Seite 66 - Tis pleasant there to be ; But there is nought at Otterbourne, To feed my men and me. " The deer rins wild on hill and dale, The birds fly wild from tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale, To fend my men and me.