 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 頁
...well as we could, the monstermusician, " in the shape o' beast," sitting in the window: " A towsie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, TU1 roof and rafters a' did dirl." But alas! "roof and rafters,"... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 頁
...ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzle tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch. Nanny I " For Satan glowr'd, and fidged... | |
 | James White - 1858 - 316 頁
...dance ; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels : A winnock-bunker in the...gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some... | |
 | James White - 1859 - 118 頁
...a dance; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels Put life and mettle in their heels: A winnock-bunker in the...them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 頁
...dance, — Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the...large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open presses,... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 頁
...similar to that awful night, when Kirk Allowav seemed in a blaze, and the great musician, " Screwed his pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirL" The whole affair, however, was wound up successfully, and at the appointed hour the Hall was filled... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 576 頁
...a dance : Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' bnant; A towzio Here is what the editor of the ' Witchcraft Trials ' so justly calls a display of "... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 頁
...question — the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie ! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 頁
...a dance ; Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the...gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 328 頁
...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, window-seat There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, shaggy dog To gie them music was his charge ; He screwed the pipes and gart them skirl, scream Till... | |
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Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a 
