 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...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...finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at Kis elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 pages
...lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : — Ae market-night, Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, fireplace Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; foaming ale And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, Cobbler... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1864 - 532 pages
...Her sons drink not by the hour or by the day, but by the week, — witness Souter Johnny : — " Turn lo'ed him like a vera brither, They had been fou for weeks thegithcr." Swallowing no thin washy potation, but a strong overpr spirit, with a smack of smoke —... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, , Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. Tam ffShanter. His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him...brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither. Ibid. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. RM. But pleasures... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1865 - 602 pages
...besides. Her sons drink not by the hour or by the day, but by the week, — witness Souter Johnny : — " Tam 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 336 pages
...lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale: — Ae market-night, Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, fireplace Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; foaming aie And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, cobbler... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 pages
...greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices The husband fra the wife despises ! But to our tale. Ae market night, Tam had...reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow Sonter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony : Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...ventured to go up to, nay into the very kirk. As good luck would have it his temerity came off unpunished. But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted...bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats that drank divinely ; 40 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tarn lo'ed him like a vera... | |
 | James M'Kie - 1866 - 48 pages
...A Poem, with Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. By M. PORTEOUS, Printer, Maybole. Second Edition. "Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither" Qlasgow : THOMAS MURBAY & SON. Ayr: ROBEBT MACLEHOSE. &c., &c. \ fc* CLXXIX. •ROBERT BURNS: A Memoir.... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...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 got planted unco3 right, Fast by an ingle,4 bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats,5 that drank divinely ; And at his... | |
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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... 
