| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 Seiten
...in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn iti last; The rattling showers rose on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness...might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Wecl mounted on his gray marc Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on through dub and mire,... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 Seiten
...in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling showers launting flowers our gardens yield, High sheltering woods and wa's maun shield, But thou beneat bellow 'd : That night, a child might understand, The dcil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on... | |
| John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 Seiten
...in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling showers N{ ͋/=) ć x s NM 0a Wxk K= { M M r / Ƴ D O Ua Hh bellow'di That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Wecl mounted on... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 Seiten
...hour he mounts his beast in ; An' sic a night he tak's the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. De il had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, This... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 Seiten
...poor sinner was abroad in. » One. * Fire-place. y Frolhlnj «!&. z A shoemaker. a Roar. t> Loadt. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling...might understand, The Deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg (A better never lifted leg), Tarn skelpitc on thro' dub and mire,... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1848 - 348 Seiten
...and mills and bridges were swept away. " The wind blew as t'wad blawn its last, The rattlen sbow'rs rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd, Loud, deep, and long the thunder bellow' d. That night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand."... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 Seiten
..." As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew aa 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling showers rose on the blast, The speedy gleams the darkness...might understand The Deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 Seiten
...in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling showers rose on the blast, The speedy gleams the darkness...bellow'd: That night a child might understand The Deil bad business on his hand. Weel mounted on his gray mare, Mej, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit... | |
| General reciter - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...hour he mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling show'rs rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams that darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow'd : That night a child might understand,... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 266 Seiten
...these witches and warlocks are, and why the devil brought them here into Alloway-Kirk. True " This night a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand;" but that is not the question—the question is what business? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary... | |
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