The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Volume 1Typ. W. Davison, 1811 |
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Page 65
... muckle devil blaw ye south , If ye dissemble ! Does ony great man glunch an ' gloom Speak out , an ' never fash your thumb ! Let posts an ' pensions sink or soom Wi ' them , wha grant ' em If honestly they canna come Far better want ...
... muckle devil blaw ye south , If ye dissemble ! Does ony great man glunch an ' gloom Speak out , an ' never fash your thumb ! Let posts an ' pensions sink or soom Wi ' them , wha grant ' em If honestly they canna come Far better want ...
Page 69
... muckle house repais Signed Wi ' instant speed , An ' strive , wi ' a ' your Wit an ' Lear , To get remead . Yon ill - tongu'd tinkler , Charlie Fox , May taunt you wi ' his jeers an ' mocks , But gie him't het , my hearty cocks ! Elen ...
... muckle house repais Signed Wi ' instant speed , An ' strive , wi ' a ' your Wit an ' Lear , To get remead . Yon ill - tongu'd tinkler , Charlie Fox , May taunt you wi ' his jeers an ' mocks , But gie him't het , my hearty cocks ! Elen ...
Page 73
... ' Scripture . But this that I am gaun to tell , Which lately on a night befel , Is just as true's the Diel's in h - ll , Or Dublin city : That e'er he nearer comes oursel ' S a muckle pity . VOL . I. P. 74 DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK .
... ' Scripture . But this that I am gaun to tell , Which lately on a night befel , Is just as true's the Diel's in h - ll , Or Dublin city : That e'er he nearer comes oursel ' S a muckle pity . VOL . I. P. 74 DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK .
Page 105
... muckle mair than ye can mak to through , As for your priest - hood , I shall say but little , Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : But , under favour o ' your langer beard , Abuse o ' Magistrates might weel be spar'd : To liken ...
... muckle mair than ye can mak to through , As for your priest - hood , I shall say but little , Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : But , under favour o ' your langer beard , Abuse o ' Magistrates might weel be spar'd : To liken ...
Page 120
... muckle doubt , my Ye've trusted Ministration 1 Sire , To chaps , wha , in a barn or byre , Wad better fill'd their station Than courts yon day . VI . And now ye've gien auld Britain peace Her broken shins to plaister ; A DREAM . Your ...
... muckle doubt , my Ye've trusted Ministration 1 Sire , To chaps , wha , in a barn or byre , Wad better fill'd their station Than courts yon day . VI . And now ye've gien auld Britain peace Her broken shins to plaister ; A DREAM . Your ...
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