 | Walter Scot - 1776 - Страниц: 192
...Scots border * Was high Lord Warden, to keep them in good order ; On that border was the Armftrangs, able men, Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame ;...be arrant lies ; For all Frontiers, and Borders, I obferve, Wherever they lie, are Free-booters, And does the enemy much more harms, Than five thoufand... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - Страниц: 478
...a freebooter and a thief; and thus sings he of the Armstrongs : On that border was the Armstrongs, able men; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I...them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. • The armorial bearings, adopted by many of the border tribes, shew how little they were ashamed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - Страниц: 532
...e \ freebooter and a thief; and thus sings he of the Armstrongs: On that Border was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame....them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - Страниц: 718
...Sec. freebooter and a thief; and thus sings he of the Armstrongs : On that Border was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame....them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - Страниц: 534
...I. e freebooter and a thief; and thus sings he of the Armstrongs: On that Border was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame....them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Matteo Maria Boiardo - 1830 - Страниц: 458
...freebooter and a thief; and thus he sings of the Armstrongs : " On that border was the Armstrongs, able men, Somewhat unruly and very ill to tame, I...them thieves, For if I did it would be arrant lies. Near a border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man, but he's a freebooter. A freebooter... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - Страниц: 474
...a thief; and thus sings he of the Armstrongs : — " On that Border was the Armstrongs, able men j Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have...them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. Near a Border frontier, in the time of war, There's ne'er a man but he's a freebooter. Because to all... | |
 | Peter Orlando Hutchinson - 1844 - Страниц: 326
...border, was the Armstrongs, able men ; Somewhat unruly, and verie ill to tame. I would have none thinke that I call them thieves, For if I did it would be arrant lies." By this he means, that they were only freebooters, and that the fat beeves of which they relieved their... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1857 - Страниц: 292
...a literal sense— yet I would say, as old Satchel sings of the Borderers of those days, thi-v were men — " Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I...that I call them thieves ; For, if I did, it would be ariant lies." A/ But, stealthily as the young master of Harden had made his preparations for the foray,... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - Страниц: 616
...a literal sense — yet I would say, as old Satchel sings of the Borderers of those days, they were men— " Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieve* j For, if I did, it would be arrant lies." But, stealthily as the young master of Harden had... | |
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Somewhat unruly, and very ill to tame. I would have none think that I call them thieves, For, if I did, it would be arrant lies. 
