The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a Criticism on His Writing. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies ; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... happy . * However , I am under no apprehensions about that ; for , though indolent , yet , so far as an extremely de- licate constitution permits , I am not lazy ; and in many things , especially in tavern matters , I am a strict ...
... happy . * However , I am under no apprehensions about that ; for , though indolent , yet , so far as an extremely de- licate constitution permits , I am not lazy ; and in many things , especially in tavern matters , I am a strict ...
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... happy ! happy ! enviable man ! O glorious magnanimity of soul ! March , 1784 . I have often observed , in the course of my experience of human life , that every man , even the worst , has something good about him ; though very often ...
... happy ! happy ! enviable man ! O glorious magnanimity of soul ! March , 1784 . I have often observed , in the course of my experience of human life , that every man , even the worst , has something good about him ; though very often ...
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... happy sweetness of natu- ral temper , and a cheerful vacancy of thought , steals through life - generally , indeed , in po- verty and obscurity ; but poverty and obscurity are only evils to him who can sit gravely down and make a ...
... happy sweetness of natu- ral temper , and a cheerful vacancy of thought , steals through life - generally , indeed , in po- verty and obscurity ; but poverty and obscurity are only evils to him who can sit gravely down and make a ...
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... happy they could make some classes of their inferiors by condescension and affability , they would never stand so high , measuring out with every look the height of their elevation , but condescend as sweetly as did Mrs. Stewart of ...
... happy they could make some classes of their inferiors by condescension and affability , they would never stand so high , measuring out with every look the height of their elevation , but condescend as sweetly as did Mrs. Stewart of ...
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... lady about her , with all the sweet simplicity of a country girl . " My compliments to all the happy inmates of Saint Margaret's . I am , dear Sir , Yours most gratefully , ROBT , BURNS . VOL . II . E No. No. XV . t To DR . MOORE . SIR 49.
... lady about her , with all the sweet simplicity of a country girl . " My compliments to all the happy inmates of Saint Margaret's . I am , dear Sir , Yours most gratefully , ROBT , BURNS . VOL . II . E No. No. XV . t To DR . MOORE . SIR 49.
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