10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWALPENNY»
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twalpenny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The heather lintie; poetical pieces, chiefly in the Scottish ...
137 Lochar's Lament. A Fragment 143 The Jerry MP.; or, The Twalpenny Lawyer
Exhausted 146 Epitaph on Twalpenny Jock 152 Epitaph on A S 157 To Robert
Carruthers, Esq. 161 To the Same 165 To Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Prime Minister ...
2
The genius and character of Burns
... The prattling things are just their pride, That sweetens a' their fireside " An'
whiles twalpenny worth o' nappy Can mak the bodies unco happy ; They lay
aside their private cares, To mend the Kirk and State affairs : They'll talk o'
patronage ...
3
The Works of Robert Burns: With Dr. Currie's Memoir of the ...
An' whiles twalpenny worth o' nappy Can mak' the bodies uneo happy; They lay
aside their private eares, To mend the Kirk and State affairs: They'll talk o'
patronage and priests, Wi' kindling fury in their breasts, Or tell what new taxation's
...
Robert Burns, James Currie, 1843
I'll be sworn ye wad rather hear ae twalpenny clink against another, than have a
spring from Rory Dall, if he was coming alive again anes errand. Gang doun the
gate to Lucky Gregson's and get the things ye want, and hide there till ele'en ...
5
Waverley Novels: Redgauntlet ; [1]
I'll be sworn ye wad rather hear ae twalpenny clink against another, than have a
spring from Rory Dall,* if he was coming alive again anes errand. Gang doun the
gate to Lucky Gregson's and get the things ye want, and bide there till ele en ...
scraps of broken meat, and perhaps a Scottish " twalpenny," or English penny,
which was expended in snuff or whiskey. In fact, these indolent peripatetics
suffered much less real hardship and want of food, than the poor peasants from
whom ...
7
Dublin University magazine: a literary and political journal
... dearest comfort o' their lives Their grushie weans and faithfu' wives, The prattlin
' things are just their pride That sweetens a' their fireside." And though we cannot
say that " Whiles twalpenny worth o' nappv Can make the bodies unco happy ...
8
The proverbs of Scotland, collected and arranged, with notes ...
... bonny, dootna but she's smart ; The creature's young, she'll shape to ony cast
— Nae tree till it be hewn becomes a mast. " — Ross's Helenore. A tricky man's
easiest tricket. A turn weel done is sune done. A twalpenny cat may look at a king
.
Alexander Hislop (publisher), 1870
9
The poetical works of Robert Burns, ed. by C.C. Clarke
5 An' whyles twalpenny worth o' nappy ne Can mak the bodies unco happy ; •
They lay aside their private cares, To mind the Kirk and State affairs : They 'll talk
o' patronage and priests, Wi' kindling fury in their breasts, 120 Or tell what new ...
Robert Burns, Charles Cowden Clarke, 1872
10
The Works of Walter Scott, Esq
Gang. llnd man detected this little manoeuvre. ¢=Are ye at it again wi' the siller ,
ye jadd ? I'll be sworn ye wad rather hear ae twalpenny clink against another,
than have a spring from Rory body to say -come in ' or- _l-gae out.' Te1ribly 1'86.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWALPENNY»
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twalpenny is used in the context of the following news items.
The Common Riding: Langholm's Great Day
... or to molest this public Fair,they shall be ta'en by order of the Bailey and Toun Cooncil, and their lugs be nailed to the tron wi' a twalpenny nail, and they shall ... «Patheos, Jul 14»
Why family history sends one man across the world to be at …
Echoes of that remain with Elliot, as Fair Crier, telling the assembled masses at the top of his voice that their “lugs will be nailed to the tron wi' a twalpenny nail”, ... «Scotland Now, Jul 14»
