...Scottish poet represented the Highlander rising at the call of his country: ' 'But bring a Scotsman from his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say such is royal George's will, And there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Now, sir, the speeches of the...

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...Scottish soldier animated for the contest by the inspiration of usquebagh : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." Now, here is a vigorous stanza, — terse, clear, epigrammatic, and charged with thought equally fitted...

...Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,4 Say, such is royal George's will, An' there 's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. Nao cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; Wi' bluidy...

...or rin, Till skelp— a shot— they're, u' throwther, To save their skin. But bring a Scotsman frac his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say,...is royal George's will. An' there's the foe, He has пае thought hut how to kill Twa at a blow. Nao cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him; licttth...

...years later we find Burns claiming a similar virtue for Highland whisky : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill,...He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." And again in that " tale of truth," "Tarn o' Shanter "— " Wi" tippenny we fear nae evil ; Wi' usquebae...

...sheep and deer. Here again : — " But bring a Scotsman frae his hitt, Clap in his cheek a Highlan' gill, Say such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe : He has na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." There is siirely much in the little, that all he wants in...

...in a glory of color and life which puts all such ghostly painting to shame : "Bring a Scotsman from his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say,...there's the foe, He has nae thought but how to kill '1 wa at a blow. Nae cauld faint-hearted doublings tease him ; Death comes — wi' fearless eye he...

...Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw ther, To save their skin. '28 But bring a Scotsman frae his hill, Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, Say, such is royal George's will, An' there 's the foe, lie has nae thought but how to kill 29 Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him...

...sheep and deer. Here again :— " But bring a Scotsman frae his hitt, Clap in his cheek a Highlan' gill, Say such is royal George's will, An' there's the foe : He has na thought but how to kill Twa at a blow." There is surely much in the little, that all he wants in...