Read full poem →One king, one faith, one lajiguage, and one isle,
English and Scotch, 'tis all but cross and pile.
Charles, oui great soul, this only understands,
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A surface cut or abrasion.
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Common Phrases
. scotchtape scotchwhisky scotchpine scotchfir scotchlaw scotchscotch old
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Poetry examples for “scotch”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →in the United States, on the 19th of January, 1809. Upon his mother's
death at Richmond, Virginia, Edgar was adopted by a wealthy Scotch
merchant, John Allan. Mr. Allan, who had married an American lady and
Read full poem →Historic Spots were Shown and Many Interesting Things were Told
—Entertained in Good Old Scotch Fashion.
Read full poem →the full sense of the word; but, as Stevenson says in speaking of his
own Scotch verses, talk not song. The first of English poets was a
master of the art. Neither Horace nor Martial, whom Stevenson cites,
Read full poem →1644. Scotch Army crosses Tweed.
1644, Milton,
Read full poem →Dr. Douglas, Canon of Windsor (afterwards Bishop of Salisbury), an
ingenious Scotch gentleman, who has no less distinguished himself as
a citizen of the world, than a sound critic, in detecting several
Read full poem →Might aiblins waur’d thee for a brattle;
But sax Scotch miles, thou tried their mettle,
An’ gart them whaizle:
Read full poem →the world; and, because he can make a shift to jingle a few doggerel
Scotch rhymes together, looking upon himself as a poet of no small
consequence, forsooth!