The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings, Volumes 3-4Smith & Hill, 1816 |
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... I'll give you a toast 271 305 Is there a whim - inspired fool • - It was upon a Lammas night Kemble , thou cur'st my unbelief Know thou , O stranger to the fame Kilmarnock Wabsters , fidge an ' claw 246 201 324 245 51 Lament in rhyme ...
... I'll give you a toast 271 305 Is there a whim - inspired fool • - It was upon a Lammas night Kemble , thou cur'st my unbelief Know thou , O stranger to the fame Kilmarnock Wabsters , fidge an ' claw 246 201 324 245 51 Lament in rhyme ...
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... I'll prove it true 58 Sad thy tale , thou idle page • Sir , as your mandate did request Sic a reptile was Watt Some books are lies frae end to end . 251 296 328 34 Stop , passenger ! my story's brief Sweet Flow'ret , xvii INDEX .
... I'll prove it true 58 Sad thy tale , thou idle page • Sir , as your mandate did request Sic a reptile was Watt Some books are lies frae end to end . 251 296 328 34 Stop , passenger ! my story's brief Sweet Flow'ret , xvii INDEX .
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... I'll name , they ca'd him Cæsar , Was keepit for his Honour's pleasure : His hair , his size , his mouth , his lugs , Shew'd he was nane o ' Scotland's dogs ; But whalpit some place far abroad , Where sailors gang to fish for Cod . His ...
... I'll name , they ca'd him Cæsar , Was keepit for his Honour's pleasure : His hair , his size , his mouth , his lugs , Shew'd he was nane o ' Scotland's dogs ; But whalpit some place far abroad , Where sailors gang to fish for Cod . His ...
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... I'll wad my new pleugh - pettle , Ye'll see❜t or lang , She'll teach you , wi ' a reekin whittle , Anither sang . This while she's been in crankous mood , Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid : ( Deil na they never mair do guid , Play'd ...
... I'll wad my new pleugh - pettle , Ye'll see❜t or lang , She'll teach you , wi ' a reekin whittle , Anither sang . This while she's been in crankous mood , Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid : ( Deil na they never mair do guid , Play'd ...
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... I'll be his debt twa mashlum bannocks , An ' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's * Nine times a week , * A worthy old Hostess of the Author's in Mauchline where he sometimes studies Politics over a glass of guid auld Scotch Drink ...
... I'll be his debt twa mashlum bannocks , An ' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's * Nine times a week , * A worthy old Hostess of the Author's in Mauchline where he sometimes studies Politics over a glass of guid auld Scotch Drink ...
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