 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...lengthened sage adrices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night Tarn s it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows...And laidmy hand upon thy mane, — as I do here. THE sonter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, — Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither, — They... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1872 - 778 pages
...greet, To think how mony counsels swcet' How mony leugthen'd sage advices, The husband frac the wife despises ! But to our tale : — Ae market night,...planted, unco right ; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, AY? reaming swats, that drank divinely ; 40 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...tale : Ae market night Tain had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleozing finely, Wi' roaming resounding voice, oft breaking clear, At solemn pauses, through the swelling base ; And, as eac — Tarn lo'ed him like a vera brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither. The night drave on... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - Great Britain - 1873 - 476 pages
...course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career Wild as the wave ? Novi Simonem, et Simon me — Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither. Non opus est verbis, sed fustibus — I'd charm her with the magic of a switch. Non videmus, manticae... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1873 - 1076 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 ovenproof spirit, with a smack of smoke — and "where... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 584 pages
...kirk. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet, How mony lengthened, sage advices. The husband frae the wife despises! But to our tale: Ae market night, Tam had...drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter; They had been fou for weeks thegither. And ay the ale was... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. Ibid. His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him...brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither. Ibid. The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi favours secret, sweet, and precious. Ibid. The landlord's... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Literature - 1875 - 256 pages
...greet, § To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthened, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam...vera brither ; They had been fou for weeks thegither * Idle talker. t Every time that corn was sent to be ground, t Kirkton is the distinctive name of a... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises! (1. 33—36) 52 Y; OBSC; PoEL-1; QFR; SiPS; TrGrPo Patience, Though...of force, God wot, Forbear my most desire; For no (1. 37—40) 53 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...greet, To think how monie counsels sweet. How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises! But to our tale: — Ae market night, Tam...bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats that drank divinely; -HI And at his elbow, Souter Johnie, His ancient, trusty, drouth y cronie: Tam lo'ed him like a very... | |
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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... 
