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 Glossary ...Phillips and Sampson, 1847 - Scotland |
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... blast , and exposed naked and bare to every tempest . No refreshing showers came to rest upon his head , or to pour fertility into his bo- som . He was an elevated point , round which the storm clung and gathered ; a prominent rock ...
... blast , and exposed naked and bare to every tempest . No refreshing showers came to rest upon his head , or to pour fertility into his bo- som . He was an elevated point , round which the storm clung and gathered ; a prominent rock ...
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... blast , or pool , a knot in wood . Swirlie , knaggy , full of knots . Swith , get away . Swither , to hesitate in choice ; an irresolute wavering in choice . Syne , since , ago , then . T. Tackets , a kind of nails for driving into the ...
... blast , or pool , a knot in wood . Swirlie , knaggy , full of knots . Swith , get away . Swither , to hesitate in choice ; an irresolute wavering in choice . Syne , since , ago , then . T. Tackets , a kind of nails for driving into the ...
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... blast of a horn or trumpet , to blow a horn , & c . Tow , a rope . Towmond , a twelve - month . Touzie , rough , shaggy . Toy , a very old fashion of female head - dress . Toyte , to totter like old age . Trams , shafts . Transmugrify'd ...
... blast of a horn or trumpet , to blow a horn , & c . Tow , a rope . Towmond , a twelve - month . Touzie , rough , shaggy . Toy , a very old fashion of female head - dress . Toyte , to totter like old age . Trams , shafts . Transmugrify'd ...
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... blast . For why ? That God , the good adore , Hath giv'n them peace and rest , But hath decreed that wicked men Shall ne'er be truly blest . THE FIRST SIX VERSES OF THE NINETIETH PSALM O THOU , the first , the greatest Friend Of all the ...
... blast . For why ? That God , the good adore , Hath giv'n them peace and rest , But hath decreed that wicked men Shall ne'er be truly blest . THE FIRST SIX VERSES OF THE NINETIETH PSALM O THOU , the first , the greatest Friend Of all the ...
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... blast Made fields and forests bare , One ev❜ning , as I wander'd forth Along the banks of Ayr , I spy'd a man , whose aged step Seem'd weary , worn with care ; His face was furrow'd o'er with years , And hoary was his hair . II . Young ...
... blast Made fields and forests bare , One ev❜ning , as I wander'd forth Along the banks of Ayr , I spy'd a man , whose aged step Seem'd weary , worn with care ; His face was furrow'd o'er with years , And hoary was his hair . II . Young ...
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