The Works of Walter Scott, Esq, Volume 1James Ballantyne and Company, 1806 - Ballads, English |
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... Johnstone , were rewarded with a grant of the lands of Pittinane , upon Clyde . - Godscroft , Vol . I. p . 375.— Bal- four's MS . in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh . — Abercrom- bie's Achievements , Vol . II . p . 361. folio Ed ...
... Johnstone , were rewarded with a grant of the lands of Pittinane , upon Clyde . - Godscroft , Vol . I. p . 375.— Bal- four's MS . in the Advocates ' Library , Edinburgh . — Abercrom- bie's Achievements , Vol . II . p . 361. folio Ed ...
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... Johnstone , a west border man , attending upon Angus . They fought with lances , and on horse- back , according to the fashion of the borders.- The former was unhorsed and slain , the latter des- perately wounded . - Godscroft , Vol ...
... Johnstone , a west border man , attending upon Angus . They fought with lances , and on horse- back , according to the fashion of the borders.- The former was unhorsed and slain , the latter des- perately wounded . - Godscroft , Vol ...
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... Johnstone's Sad Shep- 66 herd , 1783. p . 188. From the wife's observation , as well as from the dialect of the beggar , we may infer , that there was little difference between the x Northumbrian and the border Scottish ; a circum ...
... Johnstone's Sad Shep- 66 herd , 1783. p . 188. From the wife's observation , as well as from the dialect of the beggar , we may infer , that there was little difference between the x Northumbrian and the border Scottish ; a circum ...
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... Johnstone had , about the same time , gained a great advantage on the west border ; and hence , says Wynton , He and the Lord of Gordowne Had a soverane gud renown , Of ony that war of thare degré , For full thai war of gret bounté ...
... Johnstone had , about the same time , gained a great advantage on the west border ; and hence , says Wynton , He and the Lord of Gordowne Had a soverane gud renown , Of ony that war of thare degré , For full thai war of gret bounté ...
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... Johnstone's History . The editor has adopted the modern spelling of the word Reidswire , to prevent the mistake in pronunciation which might be occasioned by the use of the Scottish qu for w . The MS . reads Reidsquair . Swair , or ...
... Johnstone's History . The editor has adopted the modern spelling of the word Reidswire , to prevent the mistake in pronunciation which might be occasioned by the use of the Scottish qu for w . The MS . reads Reidsquair . Swair , or ...
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Page 9 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The anchors brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam' o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 10 - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall topmast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
Page c - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 8 - To send us out, at this time of the year, "To sail upon the sea? "Be it wind, be it weet, be it hail, be it sleet, "Our ship must sail the faem; "The king's daughter of Noroway, '"Tis we must fetch her hame...
Page 6 - To sail this new ship of mine ?" , O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee, — " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor,
Page 12 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see na mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi...
Page 11 - He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a bout flew out of our goodly ship, And the salt sea it came in. " Gae, fetch a web o' the silken claith, " Another o' the twine, " And wap them into our ship's side,
Page 7 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 197 - And he has plunged in wi' a' his band, And safely swam them through the stream. He turned him on the other side, And at Lord Scroope his glove flung he — "If ye like na my visit in merry England, In fair Scotland come visit me...
Page 66 - Tis pleasant there to be ; But there is nought at Otterbourne, To feed my men and me. " The deer rins wild on hill and dale, The birds fly wild from tree to tree ; But there is neither bread nor kale, To fend my men and me.