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I am highly pleased with your humorous and amorous rhapsody on Bonnie Leslie
; it is a thousand times better than the Collier's Lassie . 6 The “ deil he cou'd na
scaith thee , " & c . is an eccentric and happy thought . Do you not think , however
...
I am highly pleased with your humorous and amorous rhapsody on Bonnie Leslie
; it is a thousand times better than the Collier's Lassie . 6 The “ deil he cou'd na
scaith thee , " & c . is an eccentric and happy thought . Do you not think , however
...
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The bonnie brucket Lassie , certainly deserves better verses , and I hope you will
match her . Cauld kail in Aberdeen - Let me in this ae night , and several of the
livelier airs , wait the muse's leisure : these are peculiarly worthy of her choice ...
The bonnie brucket Lassie , certainly deserves better verses , and I hope you will
match her . Cauld kail in Aberdeen - Let me in this ae night , and several of the
livelier airs , wait the muse's leisure : these are peculiarly worthy of her choice ...
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... Jo Janet , is inimitable . What think you of the air , Within a mile of Edinburgh ?
It has always struck me as a modern English imitation , but it is said to be
Oswald's , and is so much liked that I believe I must include it . The verses are
little better ...
... Jo Janet , is inimitable . What think you of the air , Within a mile of Edinburgh ?
It has always struck me as a modern English imitation , but it is said to be
Oswald's , and is so much liked that I believe I must include it . The verses are
little better ...
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Confound the bullets ! It might perhaps be objected to the " At the starless
midnight hour , " that it has too much grandeur of imagery , and that greater
simplicity of thought would have better suited the character of a sailor's
sweetheart . The tune ...
Confound the bullets ! It might perhaps be objected to the " At the starless
midnight hour , " that it has too much grandeur of imagery , and that greater
simplicity of thought would have better suited the character of a sailor's
sweetheart . The tune ...
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But if he hae the name o ' gear , Ye'll fasten to him like a brier , Tho ' hardly he for
sense or lear , Be better than the kye . O Tibbie , I hae , & c . But , Tibbie , lass ,
tak my advice , Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; The deil a ane wad spier
...
But if he hae the name o ' gear , Ye'll fasten to him like a brier , Tho ' hardly he for
sense or lear , Be better than the kye . O Tibbie , I hae , & c . But , Tibbie , lass ,
tak my advice , Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; The deil a ane wad spier
...
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| Наслов | The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublished Том 4 књиге The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Mr. Thomson (George) |
| Аутор | Robert Burns |
| Издање | 5 |
| Издавач | T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет у Мичигену |
| Дигитализовано | 19 мај 2007 |
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