The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a Criticism on His Writing. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Том 4T. Cadell and W. Davies ; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... - tural order ; and , independently of the illustra- tion they give to the letters of our Bard , it is not to be doubted that their intrinsic merit will will ensure them a reception from the Public , far vi PREFACE .
... - tural order ; and , independently of the illustra- tion they give to the letters of our Bard , it is not to be doubted that their intrinsic merit will will ensure them a reception from the Public , far vi PREFACE .
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... merit here you crave Musing on the roaring ocean . My Chloris , mark how green the groves My curse upon your venom'd stang My heart is a breaking , dear Tittie My heart is sair , I dare na tell • Page My honoured Colonel , deep I feel ...
... merit here you crave Musing on the roaring ocean . My Chloris , mark how green the groves My curse upon your venom'd stang My heart is a breaking , dear Tittie My heart is sair , I dare na tell • Page My honoured Colonel , deep I feel ...
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... merit , are certainly very eligible . Tweedside ; Ah ! the poor shepherd's mournful fate ! Ah ! Chloris could I now but sit , & c . you cannot mend ; but such insipid stuff as , To Fanny fair could I impart , & c . , usually set to The ...
... merit , are certainly very eligible . Tweedside ; Ah ! the poor shepherd's mournful fate ! Ah ! Chloris could I now but sit , & c . you cannot mend ; but such insipid stuff as , To Fanny fair could I impart , & c . , usually set to The ...
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... merit , very eligible , wherever new verses are necessary ; because the English becomes every year more and more the language of Scotland ; but if you mean that no English verses , except those by Scottish authors , ought to be admitted ...
... merit , very eligible , wherever new verses are necessary ; because the English becomes every year more and more the language of Scotland ; but if you mean that no English verses , except those by Scottish authors , ought to be admitted ...
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... merit , I am afraid you will find more difficulty in the * This song Mr. Thomson has not adopted in his col- lection . It deserves however to be preserved , E. the undertaking than you are aware of . There is 13 Mr B to Mr T with "O ...
... merit , I am afraid you will find more difficulty in the * This song Mr. Thomson has not adopted in his col- lection . It deserves however to be preserved , E. the undertaking than you are aware of . There is 13 Mr B to Mr T with "O ...
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ae night ain dear Allan Allan Ramsay alter amang anec anither auld lang syne ballad bard beautiful blithe bonnie bosom braes BURNS Caledonia Cauld charming Chloris CHORUS claute Coila Dainty Davie dear Sir dearest dearie Deil delight Dumfries Duncan Gray Ecclefechan Edinburgh English song English verses fair favourite fine air flowers frae Galla Water give glen hame heart heaven Highland John Anderson lass lassie Lassie wi lea-rig Leiger lines lo'es Lord Gregory lover mair Mary maun melodies merit Mill mony muse Museum Nancy Nanie ne'er never o'er Phillis Pindar pleased pleasure Pleyel poet poetry poor Rob Morris Saw ye Scots Scottish singing stanza suit sung sweet syne taste tell thee thine THOMSON thro tune wander wee thing wild Willie wilt thou young JESSIE
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