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... Merry , " with a curious intermediate type , " very like blockheads , but generally , on a nearer inspection , [ they ] have somethings surprisingly clever about them . " He then elab- orates on the character of the merry , and this ...
... Merry , " with a curious intermediate type , " very like blockheads , but generally , on a nearer inspection , [ they ] have somethings surprisingly clever about them . " He then elab- orates on the character of the merry , and this ...
Page 343
... merry hae I been teethin a heckle , An ' merry hae I been shapin a spoon : hae I been cloutin a kettle , An ' kissin my Katie when a ' was done . O merry O , A ' the lang day I ca ' at my hammer , An ' a ' the lang day I whistle and ...
... merry hae I been teethin a heckle , An ' merry hae I been shapin a spoon : hae I been cloutin a kettle , An ' kissin my Katie when a ' was done . O merry O , A ' the lang day I ca ' at my hammer , An ' a ' the lang day I whistle and ...
Page 343
... merry hae I been teethin a heckle , An ' merry hae I been shapin a spoon : O merry hae I been cloutin a kettle , An ' kissin my Katie when a ' was done . O , A ' the lang day I ca ' at my hammer , An ' a ' the lang day I whistle and ...
... merry hae I been teethin a heckle , An ' merry hae I been shapin a spoon : O merry hae I been cloutin a kettle , An ' kissin my Katie when a ' was done . O , A ' the lang day I ca ' at my hammer , An ' a ' the lang day I whistle and ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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