 Bold and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; Let him drink port, the English statesman cried— He drank the poison, and his spirit died.  Great Men at Play - Сторінка 70автори: Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1828 - 964 стор.
...to overturn the old Jacobite spirit of the country, than even the Clan Act itself. Haughty and bold the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good : " Let him drink port," the crafty statesman cried « He drunk the poison, and hi* spirit died. But although the crazy spirit of... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - 1822 - 614 стор.
...the enforcement of the high duty on French wine in this country, is in most people's hands : " Firm and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; ' Let him drink port,' an English statesman cried — He drank the poison, and his spirit died." Among the papers which have... | |
 | John Home - 1822 - 420 стор.
...the enforcement of the high duty on French wine in this country, is in most people's hands : " Firm and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; ' Let him drink port,' an English statesman cried — Among the papers which have been preserved, is one of a remarkable kind,... | |
 | 1822 - 430 стор.
...on the enforcement of the high duty on French wine in this country : " Firm and erect the Caledonjap stood : Old was his mutton, and his claret good: ' Let him drink port,' an English statesman cried — He drank the poison, anJ his spirit died." TO CORRESPONDENT*. RECEIVED.—... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 624 стор.
...applicable to the liquor called Southampton part. The epigram of John Home was as follows : — ' Firm and erect the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; " Let him drink port," an English statesman cried— lie drank the poison, and his spirit died.' Dr. Adam Fergusson, the author... | |
 | 1828 - 1538 стор.
...to overturn the old Jacobite spirit of the country, than even the Clan Act itself. Haughty and bold the Caledonian stood, Old was his mutton, and his claret good : " Let him drink port," the crafty statesman cried ; He drank the poison, and his spirit died. But although the crazy spirit of... | |
 | 1831 - 488 стор.
...John Home, to write some verses expressive of their feelings. He immediately produced the following: 1 Bold and erect the Caledonian stood ; Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; Make him drink port ! an English statesman cried ; He drank the poison, and bis spirit died.' '•... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1831 - 618 стор.
...John Home, to write some verses, expressive of their feelings. He immediately produced the following: Bold and erect the Caledonian stood ; Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; Make him drink port! an English statesman cried, He drank the poison, and his spirit died. Fortunately,... | |
 | 1831 - 470 стор.
...Home, to nrite some verses expressive of their feelings. He immediately produced the following: — Bold and erect the Caledonian stood : Old was his mutton, and his c'aret good : ' Make him drink port I' an English slatestaught me this means of living happy could... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 стор.
...Southampton port. The epigram of John Home was as follows :— " Firm and erect the Caledonian stnod. Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; * Let him drink port/ an English statesman cried — II" drank the poison, and his spirit died." to the continent. As the... | |
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