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It takes a few dashes into the world to give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignificant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same ...
It takes a few dashes into the world to give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignificant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same ...
Page 80
... My young , my handsome Nannie O Tho ' I had the world all at my will , I would give it all for Nanie , O The westlin win ' blaws loud & shrill , The night's baith dark & rainy O ; But I'll get my plaid & out I'll steal And o'er the ...
... My young , my handsome Nannie O Tho ' I had the world all at my will , I would give it all for Nanie , O The westlin win ' blaws loud & shrill , The night's baith dark & rainy O ; But I'll get my plaid & out I'll steal And o'er the ...
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The verse here is so organized as to suggest unpretentious conversation – it has the very ring of occasional poetry - and even the rhymes , chiming so spontaneously together , give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality .
The verse here is so organized as to suggest unpretentious conversation – it has the very ring of occasional poetry - and even the rhymes , chiming so spontaneously together , give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality .
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