The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Band 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 |
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... ride From the border of Edgebucklin brae † ; And all his habergeons him beside , Each man upon a sonk of strae . They made their vow that they would slay- * ** * Godscroft , v . 2. p . 104. Ed . 1743 . * " To ding down Tantallon , and ...
... ride From the border of Edgebucklin brae † ; And all his habergeons him beside , Each man upon a sonk of strae . They made their vow that they would slay- * ** * Godscroft , v . 2. p . 104. Ed . 1743 . * " To ding down Tantallon , and ...
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... riding near Edinburgh , with whom he fought a single combat , which last- ed for two hours † . But his credit was now fallen : he retreated to England , whence he was driven by Elizabeth , and then wandered to Spain and Italy , where he ...
... riding near Edinburgh , with whom he fought a single combat , which last- ed for two hours † . But his credit was now fallen : he retreated to England , whence he was driven by Elizabeth , and then wandered to Spain and Italy , where he ...
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... riding sirname , call'd the Robsons : gude " honeste men , and true , savyng a little shiftynge " for theyr livyng ; God help them , silly pure " men . " The wife answers , " What doest thou " here , in this countrie ? me thinke thou ...
... riding sirname , call'd the Robsons : gude " honeste men , and true , savyng a little shiftynge " for theyr livyng ; God help them , silly pure " men . " The wife answers , " What doest thou " here , in this countrie ? me thinke thou ...
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... riding horses of a small size , but astonishingly nimble , and trained to move , by short bounds , through the morasses with which Scotland abounds . Their offensive weapons were , a lance of uncommon length ; a sword , either two ...
... riding horses of a small size , but astonishingly nimble , and trained to move , by short bounds , through the morasses with which Scotland abounds . Their offensive weapons were , a lance of uncommon length ; a sword , either two ...
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... ride to Jedburgh for the sage femme , shewing no great alertness in setting out , the familiar spirit slipt on the great - coat of the lingering domestic , rode to the town on the laird's best horse , and returned with the mid- wife en ...
... ride to Jedburgh for the sage femme , shewing no great alertness in setting out , the familiar spirit slipt on the great - coat of the lingering domestic , rode to the town on the laird's best horse , and returned with the mid- wife en ...
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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.