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... yet so far as an extremely delicate constitution permits , I am not lazy ; and in many things , especially in ... and I scorn to fear the face of any man living : above every thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a ...
... yet so far as an extremely delicate constitution permits , I am not lazy ; and in many things , especially in ... and I scorn to fear the face of any man living : above every thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a ...
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I had an idea myself that the piece had some merit ; but to prevent the worst , I gave a copy of it to a friend who was very fond of these things , and told him I could not guess who was the Author of it , but that I thought it pretty ...
I had an idea myself that the piece had some merit ; but to prevent the worst , I gave a copy of it to a friend who was very fond of these things , and told him I could not guess who was the Author of it , but that I thought it pretty ...
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She let him in sae cannily , She let him in sae privily , She let him in sae cannily , To do the thing , you ken , jo . But ere a ' was done , and a ' was said , Out fell the bottom of the bed ; The lassie lost her maidenhead , And her ...
She let him in sae cannily , She let him in sae privily , She let him in sae cannily , To do the thing , you ken , jo . But ere a ' was done , and a ' was said , Out fell the bottom of the bed ; The lassie lost her maidenhead , And her ...
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| Title | Robert Burns |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 334 pages |
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