 Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd,...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 142by Robert Burns - 1814 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cfeekit, Till ilka Carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies...And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam! had they been queans A' plump and strapping in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o' creesUe flannen, Been... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...loud and louder hlew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they crose'd, they Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tат, О Tат ! had they heen queens A' plump an' strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks, instead... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 pages
...louder blew; The dancers quick and quicker flew; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekh, Till ilka Carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark t Now Tam, O Tam! had they been queans A' plump and strapping in their teem; Their sarks, instead o'... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...down the brow of the Scaur, and reciting to himself like one demented, " Now Tam, 0 Tam ! had they been queans, A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen, Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen ! Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were plush, o' guid... | |
 | 1904 - 668 pages
...lines from the description of the witches' dance in ' Tarn o' Shanter ' :— Till ilka carlin ewat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark. The origin of "true-blue" as an epithet of Presbyterian, with the meaning of "staunch," is unknown... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had they been queaiu A' plump and strapping, in their teens; Their sarks, instead o' creeshie llannen, Been snaw-white seventeen liunder linen ! Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tarn, O Tarn ! had they been queans, A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their Barks, instead... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...louder blew; The dancers quick and quicker flew; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linkct at it in her sark! Now Tam, 0 Tam ! had they been queans A' plump and strapping, in their teens... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies...And linket at it in her sark! Now Tam, O Tam ! had they been queans, A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o' crccshio flannen,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...down the brow of the Scaur, and reciting to himself like one demented, " Now Tam, 0 Tam ! had they been queans, A" plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen, Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen! Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were plush, o' guid... | |
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