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Page 103
... humorous letter to two of his friends in November , 1786 ; but , as he wrote to John Ballantine the following January , he was soon to be hailed at a Masonic meeting in Edinburgh as ' Caledonia's Bard , brother Burns ' . That was the ...
... humorous letter to two of his friends in November , 1786 ; but , as he wrote to John Ballantine the following January , he was soon to be hailed at a Masonic meeting in Edinburgh as ' Caledonia's Bard , brother Burns ' . That was the ...
Page 130
... humorous plunder wizard- spell proof above going taken gossip stunted Dear Smith , the sleest , paukie thief , That e'er attempted stealth or rief , Ye surely hae some warlock - breef Owre human hearts ; For ne'er a bosom yet was prief ...
... humorous plunder wizard- spell proof above going taken gossip stunted Dear Smith , the sleest , paukie thief , That e'er attempted stealth or rief , Ye surely hae some warlock - breef Owre human hearts ; For ne'er a bosom yet was prief ...
Page 204
... humorous in the same obvious way that we find in " The Holy Fair ' : How mony hearts this day converts O ' sinners and o ' lasses ! and There's some are fou o ' love divine ; There's some are fou o ' brandy . The culminating figure in ...
... humorous in the same obvious way that we find in " The Holy Fair ' : How mony hearts this day converts O ' sinners and o ' lasses ! and There's some are fou o ' love divine ; There's some are fou o ' brandy . The culminating figure in ...
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