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Page 107
... poor dogs such as Luath , and Luath agrees that life among the poor has its disadvantages but that it also has its compensations : knew stout lads ; young women But how it comes , I never kent yet , They're maistly wonderfu ' contented ...
... poor dogs such as Luath , and Luath agrees that life among the poor has its disadvantages but that it also has its compensations : knew stout lads ; young women But how it comes , I never kent yet , They're maistly wonderfu ' contented ...
Page 124
... poor wretches . One can hardly recognize the ' Chief of many throned powers ' , the prince ' that led th ' embattled seraphim to war ' , in Auld Hornie or Clootie , still less in the Auld Hangie of the second stanza . There is a fine ...
... poor wretches . One can hardly recognize the ' Chief of many throned powers ' , the prince ' that led th ' embattled seraphim to war ' , in Auld Hornie or Clootie , still less in the Auld Hangie of the second stanza . There is a fine ...
Page 175
... poor a dog as I am , Your humble servant then no more ; For who would humbly serve the poor ? But , by a poor man's hopes in Heav'n ! While recollection's pow'r is given , If , in the vale of human life , The victim sad of fortune's ...
... poor a dog as I am , Your humble servant then no more ; For who would humbly serve the poor ? But , by a poor man's hopes in Heav'n ! While recollection's pow'r is given , If , in the vale of human life , The victim sad of fortune's ...
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