The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in Dr. Currie's Edition : Exhibited Under a New Plan of Arrangement, and Preceded by a Life of the Author : with Notes, and a Complete GlossaryPhillips, Sampson and Company, 1855 - 524 pages |
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Page 25
... , and to mix without fear in a drunken squab- ble , yet I went on with a high hand with my geometry , till the sun entered Virgo , a month which is always a carnival in my bosom , when a charming filette , 3 LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS . 25.
... , and to mix without fear in a drunken squab- ble , yet I went on with a high hand with my geometry , till the sun entered Virgo , a month which is always a carnival in my bosom , when a charming filette , 3 LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS . 25.
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... fears , in his own breast ; to find some kind of counterpoise to the struggles of a world , always an alien scene , a task uncouth to the poetical mind , these were his motives for ... fear and trembling Preface to the First Edition,
... fears , in his own breast ; to find some kind of counterpoise to the struggles of a world , always an alien scene , a task uncouth to the poetical mind , these were his motives for ... fear and trembling Preface to the First Edition,
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... fear and trembling . " So dear is fame to the rhyming tribe , that even he , an obscure , name- less bard , shrinks aghast at the thought of being brand- ed as an impertinent blockhead , obtruding his nonsense on the world ; and ...
... fear and trembling . " So dear is fame to the rhyming tribe , that even he , an obscure , name- less bard , shrinks aghast at the thought of being brand- ed as an impertinent blockhead , obtruding his nonsense on the world ; and ...
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... While they maun stan ' , wi ' aspect humble , An ' hear it a ' , an ' fear , an ' tremble ! I see how folks live that aae riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches ! LUATH . They're nae sae wretched's ane wad think , 54 BURNS'S POEMS.
... While they maun stan ' , wi ' aspect humble , An ' hear it a ' , an ' fear , an ' tremble ! I see how folks live that aae riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches ! LUATH . They're nae sae wretched's ane wad think , 54 BURNS'S POEMS.
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... e'er can steer them , The vera thought o't need na fear them . CESAR . L - d , man , were ye but whyles whare I am , The gentles ye wad ne'er envy ' em . 11 It's true , they need nae starve or sweat , BURNS'S POEMS . 57.
... e'er can steer them , The vera thought o't need na fear them . CESAR . L - d , man , were ye but whyles whare I am , The gentles ye wad ne'er envy ' em . 11 It's true , they need nae starve or sweat , BURNS'S POEMS . 57.
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