 | Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 pages
...little wift fhe Maggie's mettle Ae fpring brought off her mafter hale, But left behind'her ain gray tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie fcarce a flump. Now, * It is a well known faft that witches, or any evil fpirits, have no poA'er to... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...little wift me Maggie's mettle Ae fpring brought off her mafter hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie fcarce a ftump. Now, * It is a well known faft that witches, or any evil fpirits, have no power to... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 308 pages
...flew at "fam wi' furious ettle ; But little wift fhe Maggie's mettle Ae fpring brought off her mafter hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie fcarce a ftump. Now, * It is a well known faft that witches, or any evil fpirits, have no power to... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...furious ettle ; But little wift fhe Maggie's mettle — T— Ae fpring brought off her mafter hale, put left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, A.nd left poor Maggie fcarce a ftump. Now, * It is a well known fad that witches, or any evil fpirits, have no power to follow... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...stream they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail * she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ;4 . But little wist she Maggie's mettle Ae spring* brought off her master hale,' But left behind her... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...with bogles, whatever danger may be in his going forward, there is much more hazard in turning back. Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carl in claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth shall... | |
 | Scottish uses - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far afore the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, An' flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle Ae spring brought ad' her master hale ; But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin caught her by the rump, An' left... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...stream they dare na cross. Hut ere the key-stane she could make, • The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious el tin ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...whatever danger may be in his going forward, there is much more hazard in turning back. 12 And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle...by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Whene'er to drink you... | |
 | Horse racing - 1813 - 442 pages
...corroborate our opinion of Mr. Cooper's merit in this performance : " 36. Tarn O'Shanter.— A. Ceoper. " And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle, But little wist...her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail." — BURNS. " This picture is most happily imagined ; the horse, in anatomy and colour, is excellent,... | |
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Tarn wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle! Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o... 
