Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 1William Magee, 1800 |
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... Some rafcal's pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks to knit himfel the fafler In favour wi ' fome gentle Mafter , Wha ablins thrang a parliament in , For Britain's guid his faul indentin- CESAR . Haith , lad , ye little kin about it ...
... Some rafcal's pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks to knit himfel the fafler In favour wi ' fome gentle Mafter , Wha ablins thrang a parliament in , For Britain's guid his faul indentin- CESAR . Haith , lad , ye little kin about it ...
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... Some o ' ye nicely ken the laws , To round the period an ' paule , An ' with rhetoric clause on clause To mak harangues ; Then echo thro ' Saint Stephen's wa's Auld Scotland's wrangs . Dempfer , a true - blue Scot I'fe warran ; Thee ...
... Some o ' ye nicely ken the laws , To round the period an ' paule , An ' with rhetoric clause on clause To mak harangues ; Then echo thro ' Saint Stephen's wa's Auld Scotland's wrangs . Dempfer , a true - blue Scot I'fe warran ; Thee ...
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... Some carryin dails , fome chairs an ' ftools , An ' fome are bufy bleth'rin Right loud that day . IXr ' Here ftands a fhed to fend the fhow'rs , An ' fcreen our countra Gentry , There racer Jefs , an ' twa - three wh — res , Are blinkin ...
... Some carryin dails , fome chairs an ' ftools , An ' fome are bufy bleth'rin Right loud that day . IXr ' Here ftands a fhed to fend the fhow'rs , An ' fcreen our countra Gentry , There racer Jefs , an ' twa - three wh — res , Are blinkin ...
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... Some fwagger hame the beft they dow , Some wait the afternoon . At flaps the billies halt and blink , Till laffes ftrip their fhoon : Wi ' faith an ' hope , an ' love an ' drink , They're a ' in famous tune For crack that day . XXVII ...
... Some fwagger hame the beft they dow , Some wait the afternoon . At flaps the billies halt and blink , Till laffes ftrip their fhoon : Wi ' faith an ' hope , an ' love an ' drink , They're a ' in famous tune For crack that day . XXVII ...
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Robert Burns. DEATH , AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK ... A TRUE STORY . SOME books are lies frae end to end , And fome great lies were never penn'd ; Ev'n Minifters they hae been kenn'd , In holy rapture , Great lies and nonfenfe baith to vend ...
Robert Burns. DEATH , AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK ... A TRUE STORY . SOME books are lies frae end to end , And fome great lies were never penn'd ; Ev'n Minifters they hae been kenn'd , In holy rapture , Great lies and nonfenfe baith to vend ...
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