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Page 61
... mind , but ' twas only the humour of the hour . - I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind , and dismissed it as it bordered on fatigue . - My Passions when ...
... mind , but ' twas only the humour of the hour . - I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind , and dismissed it as it bordered on fatigue . - My Passions when ...
Page 82
... mind , and pursuits of such a one as the above verses describe - one who spends the hours & thoughts which the vocations of the day can spare with Ossian , Shakespeare , Thomson , Shenstone , Sterne & c . or as the maggot takes him , a ...
... mind , and pursuits of such a one as the above verses describe - one who spends the hours & thoughts which the vocations of the day can spare with Ossian , Shakespeare , Thomson , Shenstone , Sterne & c . or as the maggot takes him , a ...
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... mind into the routine of business ' . Having made up his mind , he had no further reason to remain in Edinburgh , and he left for Ayrshire again on March 24. On April 28 he wrote to James Smith from Mauch- line that he had ' lately and ...
... mind into the routine of business ' . Having made up his mind , he had no further reason to remain in Edinburgh , and he left for Ayrshire again on March 24. On April 28 he wrote to James Smith from Mauch- line that he had ' lately and ...
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