 | 1828 - 396 sider
...blest thy lot thou wert no Scot, And bluster'd like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender? Of mouldy cheese and bacon grease, Thou much more fit defender ! and Balmerino; Messrs Sheridan and Sulivan, Irkh gentlemen; General M'Donald, his aid-de-camp ; and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 500 sider
...What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese and bacon grease Thuu much more fit defender ! " O front of brass and brain...can give no grace, No glory thy behaviour.*' Song The Mayor of Carlitlt.1 town, and in two days afterwards began to construct a battery. On seeing these... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 476 sider
...blest thy lot thou wert no Scot, And bluster'd like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese and bacon...can give no grace, No glory thy behaviour." Song, The Mayor of Carlisle! town, and in two days afterwards began to construct a battery. On seeing these... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 462 sider
...blest thy lot thou wert no Scot, And bluster'd like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese and bacon...boasts repaid with costs. And all thy pride confounded! 1'iniu need'st not rave, lest Scotland crave Thy kindred or thy favour ; Thy wretched race can give... | |
 | George Gill Mounsey, John Waugh - 1846 - 302 sider
...thy lot thou wert no Scot, ' And bluster'd like a player. ' What hast thou done with sword or gun, 'To baffle the Pretender? ' Of mouldy cheese and bacon...race can give no grace, ' No glory thy behaviour." The ridicule and abuse heaped on him by the Rebels perhaps contributed to clear him of suspicion in... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1854 - 336 sider
...blest thy lot, thou wert no Scot, And blustered like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese, and bacon grease Thou much more 6t lie ender ! " O front of brass, and brain of ass, With heart of hare compounded, How are thy boasts... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1861 - 372 sider
...Scot, And bluster'd like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender 1 Of mouldy cheese and bacon grease, Thou much more...wretched race can give no grace, No glory thy behaviour. THE BATTLE OF FALKIEK MUIR After Prince Charles's army had crossed the Border, on its return from England,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1861 - 352 sider
...or gun To baffle the Pretender? Of mouldy cheese and bacon-grease Thou much more fit defender ! " 0 front of brass and brain of ass, With heart of hare...need'st not rave, lest Scotland crave Thy kindred or thy favor; Thy wretched race can give no grace, No glory thy behavior." Song, The Mayor of Carlisle. the... | |
 | Charles Gibbon - 1869 - 308 sider
...shrunk away, seeing that it was all over, that her help had come too late. CHAPTER XII. PROOFS. " 0, front of brass and brain of ass, With heart of hare...boasts repaid with costs, And all thy pride confounded I"— Old Saliad. The paper which Mrs. Begg had seen the Laird hiding under the large stone that lay... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1875 - 528 sider
...or gun, To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese and bncon grease Thou much more fit defender ! 0 front of brass and brain of ass, With heart of hare...confounded ! Thou need'st not rave lest Scotland crave Thy kindness or thy fuvour ; Thy wretched race can give no grace, No glory thy behaviour." These verses... | |
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ohon! ohon! Thou wonder of A mayor ! Thou blest thy lot thou wert no Scot, And bluster'd like a player. What hast thou done with sword or gun To baffle the Pretender ? Of mouldy cheese and bacon grease Thou much more fit defender! 
