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" But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An there's the foe! "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 88
1905
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Health without physic: or, cordials for youth, manhood and old age ... By an ...

Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...from barley, by distillation. It produces very potent effects upon its votaries. Bring but a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. BURNS. The praises and admonitions of this ardent spirit cannot be better set forth, as well as those...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...he someümes s'udied Polin . отег a filüí of ¡;aid ai:ld Sevteh Drink. Rnt bring a Scotsman frae his hill. Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George't will, An' there's the foe. He has пае thought but how to kill TwaatablDW. Nae cauld, faint-hearted...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His ...

Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...The description of the Scotsmen is humorous : " Bat bring a Scotsman frao bin bill, Clap In bis check a' Highland gill, Say such Is Royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He hu nae thought but how to kill Twa al a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagination of...
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Book IV. Humourous, satirical, epigrammatical, and miscellaneous ; Book V ...

Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 236 pages
...rin, All skelpt — a shot; — they're aft* a throwther. To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal Gear/re's will, An' there's the foe. He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on ...

Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...Scotsman is humorous ; " But bring a Scotsman frae Ins hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,-)Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe ;...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Here the notion of danger rouses the imagi. nation of the poet. He goes on thus : " Nae cauld faint-hearted...
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Colonization: Particularly in Southern Australia: with Some Remarks on Small ...

Charles James Napier - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 312 pages
...neither doubt nor faintheartedness. We must then recollect the words of Burns:— " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, ••;• . , ... ." Clap in his cheek...highland gill, " Say such is royal George's will, " And there's the foe ; " He has nae thought but how to kill " Twa at a blow." With such a single,...
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A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings, Volume 1, Part 1

John Kay - Scotland - 1838 - 402 pages
...doughty heroes to whom .Burns alludes in his " Earnest Cry and Prayer,"— " But bring a Scotsman free his hill — Clap in his cheek a Highland gill —...George's will, An' there's the foe — He has nae thocht but how to kill Twa at a blow." John nobly supported the character of his countrymen at the...
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The Philosophy of Artificial and Compulsory Drinking Usage in Great Britain ...

John Dunlop - Alcoholism - 1839 - 360 pages
...blythe and frisky, She eyes her free-born, martial boys, T,-kaff their whisky." " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." It has been said of the Scotch, that the term " Temperance," in its continental acceptation, is yet...
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The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...rin, Till skelp— a shot — they're aff, a' throu'ther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...Say, such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe ; lie has пае thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him...
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The Works of Robert Burns, Volume 1

Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...rin, Till skelp — a shot — they're aif, a' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings...
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