The Poetical Works of Robert Anderson, Author of "Cumberland Ballads", &c: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself : An Essay on the Character, Manners, and Customs of the Peasantry of Cumberland; and Observations on the Style and Genius of the Author, by Thomas Sanderson, Volume 2 |
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... auld , ay dear thou'lt be , Care's welcome foe ! Tho ' slander raves , while o'er thee set , An ' maks weak heartless bodies fret ; Just sae , o'er dear - bought wines , when met A drouthie crew , Puir modest worth can seldom get The ...
... auld , ay dear thou'lt be , Care's welcome foe ! Tho ' slander raves , while o'er thee set , An ' maks weak heartless bodies fret ; Just sae , o'er dear - bought wines , when met A drouthie crew , Puir modest worth can seldom get The ...
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... auld Albion's craggy shore ; ( 4 ) Ne'er dreamt the chiel , the shrub he bore By cuifs despis'd , While wild woods wave , and billows roar , Will ay be priz'd . While monie tuim the reemin stoup , That thraws the strangest on his doupe ...
... auld Albion's craggy shore ; ( 4 ) Ne'er dreamt the chiel , the shrub he bore By cuifs despis'd , While wild woods wave , and billows roar , Will ay be priz'd . While monie tuim the reemin stoup , That thraws the strangest on his doupe ...
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... auld Nick on sic deadly faes Suin fix his claws ! Ye fair , wi ' whom I've far'd fu ' bra ' , Peace to yer bosoms , ane an ' a ' ! An achin head ne'er may ye cla ' , But lang be blest ; An ' TEA yer troubles wash awa ' , Till sunk in ...
... auld Nick on sic deadly faes Suin fix his claws ! Ye fair , wi ' whom I've far'd fu ' bra ' , Peace to yer bosoms , ane an ' a ' ! An achin head ne'er may ye cla ' , But lang be blest ; An ' TEA yer troubles wash awa ' , Till sunk in ...
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... auld Jobby Barras . The muin was at full this neet week ; The weather is turn'd monstrous daggy I ' th ' loft , just at seeben last neet , Lal Stephen sweethearted lang Aggy : There'll be bonny wark bye and bye , The truth'll be out ...
... auld Jobby Barras . The muin was at full this neet week ; The weather is turn'd monstrous daggy I ' th ' loft , just at seeben last neet , Lal Stephen sweethearted lang Aggy : There'll be bonny wark bye and bye , The truth'll be out ...
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... auld fadder screap'd aw the gear up he cud ; But Tom , country booby , luik'd owre hee abuin him , And mix'd wi ' the bad , nor e'er heeded the gud ; At the town he'd whore , gammle , play hell , and the deevil , He wad hev his caper ...
... auld fadder screap'd aw the gear up he cud ; But Tom , country booby , luik'd owre hee abuin him , And mix'd wi ' the bad , nor e'er heeded the gud ; At the town he'd whore , gammle , play hell , and the deevil , He wad hev his caper ...
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Page 36 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Page 36 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 121 - you've gotten a wrang pig by t' lug, for I canna write.' Then a fellow leyke a lobster, aw leac'd and feather'd, ax'd me, ,. • Watty, wull te list ? thou's owther be a general or a gomoral.' — ' Nay, I wunnet — that's plain: I's content wi
Page 166 - Buy a pair o' elegant shun, young gentleman," cries a dandy snob, "they wer' meade for Mr. Justice Grunt ; weages are hee and ledder's dear, but they're nobbet twelve shillin'." Then a fat chap wid a hammer, selt clocks, cubberts, teables, chairs, pots and pans, for nought at aw. What ! I seed fadder talkin' to t' lawyer, an' gowl'd tull my een wer' sair, but nae mischief was duin ; — efter aw the rattle. Then peer bits o...
Page 64 - True generosity rises above the ordinary rules of social conduct, and flows with much too full a stream to be comprehended within the precise marks of formal precepts. It is a vigorous principle in the soul, which opens and expands all her virtues far beyond those which are only the forced and unnatural productions of a timid obedience.
Page 130 - Our dowter, tui, a palace* bought, A guid reed clwoak she cannot wear ; And stays, she says, spoil leady's sheps — Oh, it wad mek a parson swear ! Nit ae han's turn o...
Page 132 - Twas aw about Cummerlan' fwok and feyne pleaces ; And, if I can think on't ye's hear how it ran. Yer buik-larn'd wise gentry, that's seen monie counties, May preach and palaver, and brag as they will O...
Page 173 - Say, have you seen the blushing rose, The blooming pink, or lily pale ? Fairer than any flower that blows Was Lucy Gray of Allendale.
Page 147 - Twas even down thump, pull und haul; Joe Head gat a geuse aw together, And off he crap into the faul: Muckle Nanny cried, " Shem o