 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 238 pages
...Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' roaming swats, that drank divinely; An' at his elbow, Soutcr Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera briiher; They had been fou' for weeks thegither! The night drave on wi' sangs an' clatter; An' aye... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 232 pages
...wife Kate. " But to our tale:—Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right; 78 ROBKRT JJL'RNS. Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; An' at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1849 - 430 pages
...Her sons drink not by the hour or by the day, but by the week, — witness Souter Johnny : — " Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither, They had been fou for weeks thegither." Swallowing no thin washy potation, but a strong overproof spirit, with a smack of smoke — and " where... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...But to our tale: Ae market night, Tarn had got planted unco right; Fast by an ingle, bleezing linely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; And at his...souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony j Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi'... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The hushand frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam...souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tain lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been fou for weeks thegither. Burns. The night drave... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...our tale : Ae market night, Tarn had got planted unco right ; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, \Vi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow...souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony j Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi... | |
 | Anna Maria Collins - 1853 - 386 pages
...reckless exploits—the wit and humor of his comrade— " His ancient, trusty, drouther crony, He loved him like a vera brither, They had been fou for weeks thegither." It was in vain that he tried to divert his thoughts. He took up the newspaper and tried to read, but... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...greet, To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthen'd, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : — Ae market night,...at his elbow, souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouther crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 980 pages
...lengthen'*], sage advices, The husband frac the wife despises ! Bat to OUT tale : Ae market night, Tarn had got planted unco right Fast by an ingle, bleezing...finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at hi* elbow, Souter Johnny, 11 is ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1854 - 592 pages
...two men ever worked together in the same harness with more perfect harmony of object." " Tam lo'od him like a vera brither, They had been fou for weeks thegither." These men, par nobtte fratrum, if they have not been mellow as-long and as lovingly over their cups... | |
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Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames ! it gars me greet To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had... 
