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... kind Brownie known to ballad fame , With true Promethean spark he , modest , came , And to " The Farmer's Ingle " put a light , Which ever since has burned so classic bright , That Burns e'en took a " kin'lin ' " from the same , To ...
... kind Brownie known to ballad fame , With true Promethean spark he , modest , came , And to " The Farmer's Ingle " put a light , Which ever since has burned so classic bright , That Burns e'en took a " kin'lin ' " from the same , To ...
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... Kind Deary , O ! 96 To My Auld Breeks , 98 My Last Will , 100 Codicil to Rob . Fergusson's Last Will , 102 Epistle to Mr. Robert Fergusson , 105 Answer to Mr. J. S.'s Epistle , 107 Andrew Gray to Robert Fergusson , 110 Answer to Andrew ...
... Kind Deary , O ! 96 To My Auld Breeks , 98 My Last Will , 100 Codicil to Rob . Fergusson's Last Will , 102 Epistle to Mr. Robert Fergusson , 105 Answer to Mr. J. S.'s Epistle , 107 Andrew Gray to Robert Fergusson , 110 Answer to Andrew ...
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... kind of grey worsted , he often permitted to become considerably soiled before changing them . " As bearing further on the convivial and social side of his character , we should not omit to note that tradi- tion , and every other ...
... kind of grey worsted , he often permitted to become considerably soiled before changing them . " As bearing further on the convivial and social side of his character , we should not omit to note that tradi- tion , and every other ...
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... kind ) he would undertake to dispose of them as a street - singer , in the course of two hours . The bet was taken , and the next evening , being in the month of November , a large bundle of ballads was procured for him . He wrapped ...
... kind ) he would undertake to dispose of them as a street - singer , in the course of two hours . The bet was taken , and the next evening , being in the month of November , a large bundle of ballads was procured for him . He wrapped ...
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... kind indeed . ' Then addressing his sister he said , ' Might you not come frequently , and sit beside me ; you cannot imagine how comfortable it would be ; you might fetch your seam and sew beside me . ' To this no answer was returned ...
... kind indeed . ' Then addressing his sister he said , ' Might you not come frequently , and sit beside me ; you cannot imagine how comfortable it would be ; you might fetch your seam and sew beside me . ' To this no answer was returned ...
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A. B. Grosart aften Alexander Runciman Allan Ramsay amang Andrews Auld Reekie baith bauld beauty bell blaw blythe bonnie braw browster Burns caller canty cauld causey cheer chiel cottar crack David Steuart death dowie e'er Edinburgh edition fair fancy fouk frae gang gars glow'rs Grosart gude braid claith hame hauds heart ilka Ingle lads loun maun mony mourn Muse nae mair ne'er nett never night numbers o'er owre Perth poems poet poet's poortith portrait Precentor Printed Robert Fergusson Robin Gibb round Ruddiman Runciman sang says Scotland Scots Scottish shopies sigh siller simmer Sing farrel smiles song spring sweet thee thir days thole Thomas Ruddiman thou TIMANTHES trow tune unco verse wame weary weel weet Whase Whilk William Wilkie wirrikow
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 151 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Seite 213 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Seite 14 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Seite 12 - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth. Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
Seite xi - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
Seite 191 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Seite 9 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Seite 13 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Seite xlix - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Seite 59 - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o