 Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps.  The picture of Scotland - Стр. 98авторы: Robert Chambers - 1827Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1867 - Страниц: 538
...inscription, no longer discernible, runs thus : — " Fair maiden Lillyard lies under lilis síane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English loons she laid many thumps, And when her legs were cutted off she fought upon her slumps." This incident... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - Страниц: 536
...defaced. The inscription is said to have ran as follows :— " Fair maiden Lillyard lies under this stone, Little was her stature, but great was her fame; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And, when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps." THE GRAY BROTHER. Note... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1868 - Страниц: 152
...1545. A thousand scription is said to have been legible within this century, and to hare run thus : " Fair Maiden Lillyard lies under this stane. Little was her stature, but great was her fume1 TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. Englishmen were killed, together with their two leaders, of whom Evers... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - Страниц: 624
...inscription is said to have been legible within this century, and to have run thus ; " Fair maiden, Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but...great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And, when her legs were cutted off, she fought upon her stumps." Vide Account of the Parish... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1869 - Страниц: 152
...1545. A thousand scription is said to have been legible within this century, and to have run thus: " Fair Maiden Lillyard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but great was her fame; Englishmen were killed, together with their two leaders, of whom Evers was buried in the abbey of Melrose,... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1872 - Страниц: 508
...to her memory on the spot where she was killed and buried. Thus they ran : — " Fair maid Lilliard lies under this stane; Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; On the English loons she laid many thumps, And when her legs were cutten off' she fought upon her... | |
 | George Shaw - 1873 - Страниц: 672
...the Unglial^ earned the epitaph on her tombstone, '• Fair maiden Xilliard lies under this atane : Little was her stature, but great was her fame. Upon the English loons she laid mony thumps, And when her legs wore cuttit aff, ehe fonght upon her stumps." The grave... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - Страниц: 786
...inscription is said to have been legible not long ago, and to have run thus — Fair maiden Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but...great was her fame ; Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And, when her legs were Gutted off, she fought upon her stumps. ANTISEPTIC EFFECTS OF... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1876 - Страниц: 630
...is said to have been legible within this century, and to have run thus : — " Fair maiden Lylliard lies under this stane, Little was her stature, but...great was her fame, Upon the English louns she laid mony thumps, And, when her legs were cutted ofl, she fought upon 1мг stumps." the English fugitives.... | |
 | William Anderson - 1877 - Страниц: 832
...the well-known linee on Sir Thomas Widdrington ш the ballad of Chevy Chase : " Fair maiden Lyliard lies under this stane; Little was her stature, but great was her fame ; Upon the English loons she laid many thumps. And when her legs were cutted off ehe fought upon her stump«." The leaders... | |
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