 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open presses,... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pages
...similar to that awful night, when Kirk Allowav seemed in a blaze, and the great musician, " Screwed his pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirL" The whole affair, however, was wound up successfully, and at the appointed hour the Hall was filled... | |
 | Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1860 - 576 pages
...: " Witches have been transported with the pharie to a hill, A towzie tyke, black, grim, and largo, To gi'e them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, and g-.irt them skirl. Till roof and rafter-* a' did dirl." Tifaich opening they went in and there saw... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 pages
...question — the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie ! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 pages
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, shaggy dog To gie them music was his charge ; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 328 pages
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, shaggy dog To gie them music was his charge ; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast...gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some... | |
 | Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1865 - 592 pages
...associated the belief in fairies and in witches : " Witches have been transported with the pharie to a hill, A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gi'e them...screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl. Till roof and raftero n' did diri." which opening they went in and there saw a fairie qieen." But James also especially... | |
 | John Wilson - 1865 - 444 pages
...question—the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nanny! " For Satan glowr'd, and fidged... | |
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Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a 
