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... Auld lang syne ' replaced it ) , an unsuccessful combination of familiar Scots and pretentious English . The final pages are padded out with a handful of poor epigrams and epitaphs . There were also , what to contemporary reviewers ...
... Auld lang syne ' replaced it ) , an unsuccessful combination of familiar Scots and pretentious English . The final pages are padded out with a handful of poor epigrams and epitaphs . There were also , what to contemporary reviewers ...
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... auld entails ; Or by Madrid he taks the rout , To thrum guitars an ' fecht wi ' nowt ; 3 Or down Italian vista startles Whore - hunting amang groves o ' myrtles : . . . For Britain's guid ! for her destruction ! Wi ' dissipation , feud ...
... auld entails ; Or by Madrid he taks the rout , To thrum guitars an ' fecht wi ' nowt ; 3 Or down Italian vista startles Whore - hunting amang groves o ' myrtles : . . . For Britain's guid ! for her destruction ! Wi ' dissipation , feud ...
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... Auld lang syne ' , Burns's re- writing of an older song , which he never claimed as his own . It must always be remembered , however , that these are songs , and should never be judged without their tunes , for Burns thought of words ...
... Auld lang syne ' , Burns's re- writing of an older song , which he never claimed as his own . It must always be remembered , however , that these are songs , and should never be judged without their tunes , for Burns thought of words ...
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