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Page 91
... idea of the place of eternal punishment than what I have felt in my own breast on her account . - I have tryed often to forget her : I have run into all kinds of dissipation and riot , Mason - meetings , drinking matches , and other ...
... idea of the place of eternal punishment than what I have felt in my own breast on her account . - I have tryed often to forget her : I have run into all kinds of dissipation and riot , Mason - meetings , drinking matches , and other ...
Page 101
... idea that I would be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears a poor Negro - driver , or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime gone to the world of Spirits ' . So Burns explained the origin of the ...
... idea that I would be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears a poor Negro - driver , or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime gone to the world of Spirits ' . So Burns explained the origin of the ...
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... idea when you & I were together . - On my return to Ayr - shire , I found a much - lov'd Female's positive happiness , or absolute Misery among my hands ; and I could not trifle with such a sacred Deposite . - I am , since , doubly ...
... idea when you & I were together . - On my return to Ayr - shire , I found a much - lov'd Female's positive happiness , or absolute Misery among my hands ; and I could not trifle with such a sacred Deposite . - I am , since , doubly ...
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