 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1840 - 582 pages
...has borne witness, That " bring a Briton fra hii bill, 8*7, such is Royal George's will, And tbere'i ng Naecauld, faint-hearted doublings tea*e him ; Death comei, wi' fearleae eye he Been him, Wi' bloody... | |
 | John Campbell - Eromanga (Vanuatu) - 1842 - 512 pages
...thus contrasts them with a Caledonian soldier, animated by blind loyalty and highland whisky, — " But bring a Scotchman 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 hut how to kill Twa at a blow ! Nae cauld faint-hearted doubtings... | |
 | John Campbell - Eromanga (Vanuatu) - 1842 - 562 pages
...Caledonian soldier, animated by blind loyalty and highland whisky : — " But bring a Scotchman free his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill. Say, such is royal GEORGE'S will. And there's the foe ! He has na thought but how to kill ' Twa at a blow ! Nae cauld faint-hearted doublings... | |
 | John Dunlop - Alcoholism - 1844 - 278 pages
...blythe and frisky, She eyes her free-born, martial boys, Tak aff 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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1872 - 862 pages
...glory of colour and life which puts all such ghostly painting to shame : — " Bring a Scotsman from his hill. Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say,...such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe, He bos one thought but now to kill Twa at a blow. " Vir csnld faint-hearted doublings tease him; Death... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...or rin, Till skelp— a shot !— they're aff a' throwthm,* 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, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...or rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're aff, a' throwther, To save their skin. But hring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal Geurye's will, An' there's the foe, He has nаe thought hut how to kill Tivu at a hlow. Nae cauld,... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 430 pages
...labour. Oh, we blush for (lie author of " a man's a man as we copy his words ! — But bring the Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a highland gill, Say such is royal George's will, And there's the foe, — lie has nae thought but how to till Twa at a Mow. Nac cauld faint-hearted... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 572 pages
...our poet sings, " But bring a Scotchman from his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, sic is royal George's will. An there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." " Well," said Mytton, " I do not mind a small drop of whisky ; I am rather cold, and it is such a bore... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 566 pages
...your horses." " But bring a Scotchman from his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, si IMS royal George's will. An there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." " Well," said Mytton, " I do not mind a small drop of whisky; I am rather cold, and it is such a bore... | |
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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! 
