The Prose Works of Robert Burns: With the Notes of Currie and Cromek, and Many by the Present Editor |
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... writer , Ayr . Apr. 17. Sends the prospectus of his poems 14. To Mr John Kennedy . Apr. 20 . Mountain Daisy " e 12 e 12 * b 12 Encloses " The Page 9 Page 30. To John Ballantyne , Esq . Ayr . Dec. 13. A host of patrons and patronesses b ...
... writer , Ayr . Apr. 17. Sends the prospectus of his poems 14. To Mr John Kennedy . Apr. 20 . Mountain Daisy " e 12 e 12 * b 12 Encloses " The Page 9 Page 30. To John Ballantyne , Esq . Ayr . Dec. 13. A host of patrons and patronesses b ...
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... writing 199. To Quaint invective on a pedantic critic 72 200. To Mr Cunningham . June 11. Pleads in be- half of Mr Clarke , a persecuted schoolmaster a 72 201. To the Earl of Buchan . Reply to an invitation to celebrate the birth - day ...
... writing 199. To Quaint invective on a pedantic critic 72 200. To Mr Cunningham . June 11. Pleads in be- half of Mr Clarke , a persecuted schoolmaster a 72 201. To the Earl of Buchan . Reply to an invitation to celebrate the birth - day ...
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... writing for the Morning Chronicle 250. To Mrs Riddel . As from the other world , apo- logising for misconduct when intoxicated 1795 . b 87 a 87 251. To the same . Too busy at present for any literary pursuit a 87 With " Wandering Willie ...
... writing for the Morning Chronicle 250. To Mrs Riddel . As from the other world , apo- logising for misconduct when intoxicated 1795 . b 87 a 87 251. To the same . Too busy at present for any literary pursuit a 87 With " Wandering Willie ...
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... write a Musical Drama First Common - Place Book , begun in April 1783 118 Second Common - Place Book , begun in Edinburgh , • MEMORANDA OF TOURS - 1 122 109 Border Tour , May 1787 126 55. Mr T. to Burns . Has been examining Scottish ...
... write a Musical Drama First Common - Place Book , begun in April 1783 118 Second Common - Place Book , begun in Edinburgh , • MEMORANDA OF TOURS - 1 122 109 Border Tour , May 1787 126 55. Mr T. to Burns . Has been examining Scottish ...
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... writing to you , yet time I have the pleasure of seeing you , you may bid me it never gives me those giddy raptures so much talked take my own lesson home , and tell me that the passion of among lovers . I have often thought that if a ...
... writing to you , yet time I have the pleasure of seeing you , you may bid me it never gives me those giddy raptures so much talked take my own lesson home , and tell me that the passion of among lovers . I have often thought that if a ...
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