 | John Davis - 1841 - 364 str.
...near the place, dancing to the sound of a banja, played by an old negro man. It was a ball ' Where hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels Put life and mettle in their heels.' The man-of-war lay within hail of the shore. The voice of Flora was too subdued with grief to reach... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 str.
...all time in ' Tarn o' Shanter :' — " Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels,...east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' beast ; A towzie Here is what the editor of the ' Witchcraft Trials ' so justly calls a display of " imagination." What... | |
 | 1843 - 678 str.
...reels." He would have answered very well to the description of the infernal piper in Tarn O'Shanter : " A winnock-bunker in the east There sat Auld Nick in...grim and large, To gie them music was his charge." To this popular notion of the impersonation of the principle of evil, we are doubtless indebted for... | |
 | 1843 - 708 str.
...reels." He would have answered very well to the description of the infernal piper in Tarn O'Shanter : " A winnock-bunker in the east There sat Auld Nick in...grim and large, To gie them music was his charge." To this popular notion of the impersonation of the principle of evil, we are doubtless indebted for... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 str.
...And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco* sight ; Warlocks1 and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent newa frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels. Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunkerb in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke,c black, grim,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 str.
...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 tyke,...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 glowVd, and fidged... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 str.
...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 tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was hia charge:" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie! " For Satan glow'r'd,... | |
 | 1845 - 440 str.
...; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon hrent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-hunker in the east, There sat auld Nick in shape o' heast ; A towzic tyke, hlack, grim, and... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 str.
...light; And, wow ! TAM saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillon brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Kick in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 str.
...light. And, wow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance, Nae light cotillion new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. As winnock-bunker, in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A touzie tyke, black, grim,... | |
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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... 
