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The Holy Fair (第4/5页)
e has taen the road, an' aff, an' up the cowgate fast, fast that day. wee miller the guard relieves, an' orthodoxy raibles, tho' in his heart he weel believes, an' thinks it auld wives' fables: but faith! the birkie wants a manse, so, ilie he hums them; altho' his al wit an' sense like hafflins-wise o'eres him at times that day. now, butt ahe ge-house fills, wi' yill-caup entators; here 's out for bakes and gills, an' there the pint-stowp clatters; while thi' thrang, an' loud an' lang, wi' logi' wi' scripture, they raise a din, that in the end is like to breed a rupture o' wrath that day. leeze me on drink! it gies us mair thaher school or college; it kindles wit, it waukens lear, it pangs us fou o' knowledge: be't whisky-gill or penny wheep, or ony stronger potion, it never fails, or drinkin deep, to kittle up our notion, by night or day. the lads an' lasses, blythely bent to mind baith saul an' body, sit round the table, weel tent, an' steer about the toddy: on this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, they're makin observations; while some are cozie i' the neuk, an' f assignations to meet some day. but now the lord's ain trumpet touts, till a' the hills are rairin, and echoes back return the shouts; black russell is na sparin: his pier words, like highlan' swords, divide the joints an' marrow; his talk o' hell, whare devils dwell, our vera “sauls does harrow” wi' fright that day! a vast, unbottom'd, boundless pit, fill'd fou o' lowin brunstane, whase raging flame, an' sco
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