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Page 70
... mind glows with sentiments lighted up at their sacred flame the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the human race - he ' who can soar above this little scene of things ' - can he descend to mind the paultry concerns about ...
... mind glows with sentiments lighted up at their sacred flame the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the human race - he ' who can soar above this little scene of things ' - can he descend to mind the paultry concerns about ...
Page 127
... Mind to be kind to ane anither . Whether Burns was thinking of Hamilton of Gilbertfield's ' Last Dy- ing Words of Bonny Heck ' ( included in Watson's Choice Collection ) or Ramsay's ' Lucky Spence's Last Advice ' and ' Last Speech of a ...
... Mind to be kind to ane anither . Whether Burns was thinking of Hamilton of Gilbertfield's ' Last Dy- ing Words of Bonny Heck ' ( included in Watson's Choice Collection ) or Ramsay's ' Lucky Spence's Last Advice ' and ' Last Speech of a ...
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... mind still , you'll find still , A comfort this nae sma ' ; Nae mair then , we'll care then , Nae farther we can fa ' . Here the poet is not posturing for the benefit of the Edinburgh gentry , but letting the poem work itself easily ...
... mind still , you'll find still , A comfort this nae sma ' ; Nae mair then , we'll care then , Nae farther we can fa ' . Here the poet is not posturing for the benefit of the Edinburgh gentry , but letting the poem work itself easily ...
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