The poetical works of Robert Burns, with a prefatory notice by J. Skipsey, Том 11885 |
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... and pure , and sweet , and comely to look upon . And should a harum - scarum bard , such as Burns is sometimes thought to have been , happen to meet in his 66 life's journey with more of the former - the PREFATORY NOTICE . II.
... and pure , and sweet , and comely to look upon . And should a harum - scarum bard , such as Burns is sometimes thought to have been , happen to meet in his 66 life's journey with more of the former - the PREFATORY NOTICE . II.
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... thought they were , nor , let me add , as virtuous ; and this fact ought to weigh a " wee " on his behalf when we speak of the scrapes he sometimes got into with the fair sex . Some of the objects of his tenderest regards were , however ...
... thought they were , nor , let me add , as virtuous ; and this fact ought to weigh a " wee " on his behalf when we speak of the scrapes he sometimes got into with the fair sex . Some of the objects of his tenderest regards were , however ...
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... thought they had merit , " he wrote , " and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears -a poor negro driver - or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime , and gone to ...
... thought they had merit , " he wrote , " and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears -a poor negro driver - or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime , and gone to ...
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... thought the same , at this distance of time it would be hard to say . The stalwart rustic bard , with his horny fists , his swarthy complexion , and his large brilliant dark eyes , had flashed in among them ; and by his demeanour , his ...
... thought the same , at this distance of time it would be hard to say . The stalwart rustic bard , with his horny fists , his swarthy complexion , and his large brilliant dark eyes , had flashed in among them ; and by his demeanour , his ...
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... thought , yet one who , having sprung from the masses , shared with them their prejudices as well as prepossessions ; and a strong antipathy to the Excise , like that in our day to the police , was among them . Then , as a satirist he ...
... thought , yet one who , having sprung from the masses , shared with them their prejudices as well as prepossessions ; and a strong antipathy to the Excise , like that in our day to the police , was among them . Then , as a satirist he ...
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