The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 2James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 |
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... signal for civil dissension , " Out , false loon ! wilt thou say the mass at my lug ( ear ) , " was the well known exclamation of Margaret Geddes , as she discharged which ceased not till the church was buried under the 7.
... signal for civil dissension , " Out , false loon ! wilt thou say the mass at my lug ( ear ) , " was the well known exclamation of Margaret Geddes , as she discharged which ceased not till the church was buried under the 7.
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Walter Scott. which ceased not till the church was buried under the ruins of the constitution ; till the nation had stooped to a military despotism ; and the monarch to the block of the executioner . The consequence of Charles ' hasty ...
Walter Scott. which ceased not till the church was buried under the ruins of the constitution ; till the nation had stooped to a military despotism ; and the monarch to the block of the executioner . The consequence of Charles ' hasty ...
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... Till ye come to the English border : Stand til't , and fight like men , True gospel to maintain . The parliament's blythe to see us a ' coming . When to the kirk we come , We'll purge it ilka room , Frae popish reliques , and a ' sic ...
... Till ye come to the English border : Stand til't , and fight like men , True gospel to maintain . The parliament's blythe to see us a ' coming . When to the kirk we come , We'll purge it ilka room , Frae popish reliques , and a ' sic ...
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... till he arrived at Traquair , sixteen miles from the field of battle . Upon Philiphaugh he lost , in one defeat , the fruit of six splendid victories : nor was he again able effectually to make head , in Scotland , against the ...
... till he arrived at Traquair , sixteen miles from the field of battle . Upon Philiphaugh he lost , in one defeat , the fruit of six splendid victories : nor was he again able effectually to make head , in Scotland , against the ...
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... which was fought a hundred years before Philiphaugh ; and a still stranger , to mention that of Dunbar , which did not take place till five years after Montrose's defeat . A tradition , annexed to a copy of this ballad 31.
... which was fought a hundred years before Philiphaugh ; and a still stranger , to mention that of Dunbar , which did not take place till five years after Montrose's defeat . A tradition , annexed to a copy of this ballad 31.
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Page 206 - Knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. "Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Page 257 - ... What gat ye to your dinner, Lord Randal, my son? What gat ye to your dinner, my handsome young man?" "I gat eels boiled in broo; mother, make my bed soon, For I'm weary wi hunting, and fain wald lie down.
Page 109 - Of airy Elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green, Or virgins visited by Angel-pow'rs, With golden crowns and wreaths of heav'nly flow'rs ; Hear and believe!
Page 210 - And put on your armour so bright ; " Let it never be said, that a daughter of thine " Was married to a lord under night. " Rise up, rise up, my seven bold sons, " And put on your armour so bright, " And take better care of your youngest sister, " For your eldest's awa the last night.
Page 284 - And we will talk of bonny Bewick, Where he was teaching his scholars five. When he had taught them well to fence, And handle swords without any doubt, He took his sword under his arm, And he walk'd his father's close about. He looked atween him and the sun, And a...
Page 269 - The King said unto Rodingham, " What news have you to me," He said, " Your Queen's a false woman, As I did plainly see.
Page 332 - They eat sae much o' the venison, And drank sae much o' the blude. That Johnie and a' his bluidy hounds, Fell asleep as they had been dead. And by there came a silly auld carle, An ill death mote he die! For he's awa' to Hislinton, Where the Seven Foresters did lie. " What news, what news, ye gray-headed carle, What news bring ye to me?" — " I bring nae news," said the gray-headed carle, " Save what these eyes did see.
Page 212 - ... a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear, And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William...
Page 191 - Betwixt the hours of twelve and one, A north wind tore the bent ; And straight she heard strange elritch sounds Upon that wind which went. About the dead hour o...
Page 344 - I WILL sing, if ye will hearken, If ye will hearken unto me; The King has ta'en a poor prisoner, The wanton laird o'. young Logie. Young Logic's laid in Edinburgh chapel: Carmichael's the keeper o' the key ;S And may Margaret's lamenting sair, A