 | William Thomas Fernie - 1899 - 600 pages
...oyster never. Warm milk is drunk with oysters in Paris ; it is believed to be their ftll dissolrant. "The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind ; But the oyster loves the dredging song. For they come of a gentle kind." Raw oysters to be thoroughly enjoyed must be literally... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1893 - 696 pages
...shrill, tremulous voice of Elspeth chanting forth an old ballad in a wild and doleful recitative : — " The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind ; But the oyster loves the dredging-sang, For they come of a gentle kind." A diligent collector of these legendary scraps of ancient... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 pages
...shrill, tremulous voice of Elapeth chanting forth an old ballad in a wild and doleful recitative : ' — THE herring loves the merry moon-light, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind. Now baud your tongue, baith wife and carle, And listen... | |
 | John Dryden - 1901 - 384 pages
...called a mackerel gale. Scott in the Antiquary quotes a fragment of a ballad illustrating this belief : 'The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind ; But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind.' 1. 468. But little learning needs in noble blood. Father... | |
 | Agnes Fraser - 1902 - 408 pages
...and dragged ashore are very strange beasts, including torpedo fish, snakes, mackerel-guard, etc. ' The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind ; But the oyster loves the dredging sand, For they come of a humble kind.' That distant shore was always alluring. Behind it lies... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1903 - 888 pages
...shrill tremulous voice of Elspeth chanting forth an old ballad in a wild and doleful recitative — ' ! yet, alas ! Others will scarcely trust my candid heart ; And oft I catch them smiling as dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind.' A diligent collector of these legendary scraps of ancient... | |
 | 1907 - 866 pages
...characteristic of a penchant for the human race. When they wish to ensure a good haul the fishermen sing: Hit- herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves...the dredger's song. For he comes of a gentle kind. The cod gave its name to one of th>' great political parties of the medteeval Netherlands, besides... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 pages
...firlottis fyve, Four for ye halie kirke and ane for pure mennis wyvis. Chap. xi. OLD ELSPETH sings: — ' THE herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind.' Now haud your tongue, baith wife and carle, And listen,... | |
 | William Grant - 1913 - 232 pages
...the shrill tremulous voice of Elspeth chanting forth an old ballad in a wild and doleful recitative. "The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind." A diligent collector of these legendary scraps of ancient... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 856 pages
...the shrill, tremulous voice of Elspeth chanting forth an old ballad in a wild and doleful recitative. 'The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind.' A diligent collector of these legendary scraps of ancient... | |
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The herring loves the merry moonlight, The mackerel loves the wind, But the oyster loves the dredging sang, For they come of a gentle kind. 
