 I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun stan',...  Poems - Page 6by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
 | C. Hope - 1881 - 410 pages
...leave more to one child than to another, merely on account of a difference in age or sex. CHAPTEE XII. Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He '11 stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He '11 apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they... | |
 | John Younger - Biography & Autobiography - 1881 - 612 pages
...projecting for the country gentiy the improvement of laying six or ten small farms into one. Then, indeed, " Tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash." My father's "gear" was actually "poinded," more by way of giving colour to the ejectment than for the... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 pages
...cattle; They gang as saucy by poor folk As I wad by a I in kin' bro>k. I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...a', an' fear an' tremble ! I see how folk live that bae riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches. LUATH. They're nae sac wretched's ane wad think... | |
 | Biography - 1883 - 776 pages
...name, but he has preserved his portrait in colours which are indelible : " I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...a factor's snash ; He'll stamp an' threaten, curse and swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear, While they maun stan', wi aspect humble, And hear... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1883 - 554 pages
...o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He '11 stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He '11 apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun...aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble l I see how folk live that ha'e riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches. LUATH. They 're no... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 310 pages
...cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor folk, As I wad by a stinking brock.** I've notic'd, on our laird's court-day, — An' mony a time my heart's been wae,...— Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun tholett a factor's snash ;\\ He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear He'll apprehend them, poind... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 364 pages
...by a stinkin' brock. I've noticed, on our laird's court-day, And mony a time my heart's been wa«, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's suash : He'll stamp and threaten, curse and swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 548 pages
...gang as saucy by poor fo'k As I wad by a stinking brock. I've noticed on our laird's court-day — An1 mony a time my heart's been wae — Poor tenant bodies...apprehend them, poind their gear, While they maun staun' wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble. I see how folk live that hae riches,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...saucy by poor folk As I wad by a stinking brock. I 've noticed, on our laird's court-day, An' monie a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, 95 How they maun thole a factor's snash: He 'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear; He'll apprehend... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1909 - 692 pages
...cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor folk, As I wad by a stinkin brock. I've notic'd, on our laird's court-day, — An' mony a time my heart's been wae,...! I see how folk live that hae riches ; But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! LUATH. The They're no sae wretched 'B ane wad think, pleasure! Tho' constantly... | |
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