Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2Thomas Finlayson Henderson W. Blackwood and sons, 1902 |
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Pagina 22
... clans I cannot tell , Because our warning was not wide.— Be this our folks hae ta'en the fell , 3 And planted down palliones 3 there to bide . We looked down the other side , And saw come breasting ower the brae , Wi ' Sir John Forster ...
... clans I cannot tell , Because our warning was not wide.— Be this our folks hae ta'en the fell , 3 And planted down palliones 3 there to bide . We looked down the other side , And saw come breasting ower the brae , Wi ' Sir John Forster ...
Pagina 31
... clan are here mentioned as not being hail , or whole , because they were outlawed or broken men . Indeed , many of them had become Englishmen , as the phrase then went . Accordingly , we find , from Paton , that forty of them , under ...
... clan are here mentioned as not being hail , or whole , because they were outlawed or broken men . Indeed , many of them had become Englishmen , as the phrase then went . Accordingly , we find , from Paton , that forty of them , under ...
Pagina 32
... clans , resid- .ng chiefly upon the river Jed . Hence , they naturally convoyed the town of Jedburgh out . Although notorious freebooters , they were specially patronised by Morton , who , by their means , endeavoured to counterpoise ...
... clans , resid- .ng chiefly upon the river Jed . Hence , they naturally convoyed the town of Jedburgh out . Although notorious freebooters , they were specially patronised by Morton , who , by their means , endeavoured to counterpoise ...
Pagina 33
... clan . The original seat of this ancient family was at Fenwick Tower , long since ruinous , but , from the time of Henry Iv . , their principal mansion was Wallington . Sir John Fenwick , attainted and executed for treason in the reign ...
... clan . The original seat of this ancient family was at Fenwick Tower , long since ruinous , but , from the time of Henry Iv . , their principal mansion was Wallington . Sir John Fenwick , attainted and executed for treason in the reign ...
Pagina 35
... clan , or place of rendezvous , or leader . In 1335 , the English , led by Thomas of Rosslyne , and William Moubray ... clans had also their appropriate slogans . The Macdonalds cried Frich ( heather ) ; the Macphersons , Craigh - Ubh ...
... clan , or place of rendezvous , or leader . In 1335 , the English , led by Thomas of Rosslyne , and William Moubray ... clans had also their appropriate slogans . The Macdonalds cried Frich ( heather ) ; the Macphersons , Craigh - Ubh ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 417 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain Knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet.
Pagina 59 - And also thro' the Carlisle sands ; They brought him to Carlisle castell, To be at my Lord Scroope's commands. " My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow? Or answer by the Border law ? Or answer to the bauld Buccleuch ?" " Now haud thy tongue, thou rank reiver ! There's never a Scot shall set thee free : Before ye cross my castell yate, I trow ye shall take farewell o' me."
Pagina 395 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Pagina 417 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day?
Pagina 62 - Where be ye gaun, ye broken men ?' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me !' Now Dickie of Dryhope led that band, And the never a word o' lear had he. ' Why trespass ye on the English side ? Row-footed outlaws, stand!' quo' he; The never a word had Dickie to say, Sae he thrust the lance through his fause bodie.
Pagina 354 - Peeblesshire, a spring called the Cheese Well, because, anciently, those who passed that way were wont to throw into it a piece of cheese as an offering to the fairies, to whom it was consecrated. Like the feld elfen of the Saxons, the usual dress of the fairies is green...
Pagina 64 - He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — "Had there not been peace between our lands, Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! "Now sound out, trumpets!" quo' Buccleuch; "Let's waken Lord Scroope right merrilie !" Then loud the warden's trumpet blew — 0 who dare meddle wi me?
Pagina 253 - Advocate MacKenyie, who, for his worldly wit and wisdom, had been to the rest as a god. And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.
Pagina 347 - Anno 1670. Not far from Cirencester was an apparition. Being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad, returned no answer, but disappeared with a curious perfume, and most melodious twang.
Pagina 58 - They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack. They led him thro...