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Page 181
... Death and in which Death complains that he is being forced out of business by Jock Hornbook ' , whose medicines are killing off far more people than he ( Death ) can kill . The interest and value of the poem , however , lie less in this ...
... Death and in which Death complains that he is being forced out of business by Jock Hornbook ' , whose medicines are killing off far more people than he ( Death ) can kill . The interest and value of the poem , however , lie less in this ...
Page 183
... Death strikes this note at once : mowing sowing ' Guid - een ' , quo ' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin , When ither folk are busy sawin ? ' When he learns that the stranger is Death , heed ; fellow advise ; harm large knife Quoth I ...
... Death strikes this note at once : mowing sowing ' Guid - een ' , quo ' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin , When ither folk are busy sawin ? ' When he learns that the stranger is Death , heed ; fellow advise ; harm large knife Quoth I ...
Page 184
... Death's real grievance is not that Hornbook cures those marked down for death but that his medicines kill so many more that Death is cheated out of his lawful prey . The note of mockery grows ever stronger before this turn : known ...
... Death's real grievance is not that Hornbook cures those marked down for death but that his medicines kill so many more that Death is cheated out of his lawful prey . The note of mockery grows ever stronger before this turn : known ...
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