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... Mr. John Forbes of Round Lichnot , a farm in the neighbourhood of Old Meldrum , in Aberdeenshire . In a letter written to his wife 66 ( from Warriston's Close , High Street , Edinburgh , BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xxi .
... Mr. John Forbes of Round Lichnot , a farm in the neighbourhood of Old Meldrum , in Aberdeenshire . In a letter written to his wife 66 ( from Warriston's Close , High Street , Edinburgh , BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION . xxi .
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... round , before the ingle's lowe , Frae gudame's mouth auld warld tales they hear , O ' warlocks loupin ' round the wirrikowe ; O ' ghaists that win in glen and kirkyard drear ; Whilk touzles a ' their tap , and gars them shak wi ' fear ...
... round , before the ingle's lowe , Frae gudame's mouth auld warld tales they hear , O ' warlocks loupin ' round the wirrikowe ; O ' ghaists that win in glen and kirkyard drear ; Whilk touzles a ' their tap , and gars them shak wi ' fear ...
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... Round Lichnot , and holding several lucra- tive factorships , was tenant also of the farm of For- rester Hill , in the same region , and was a man of considerable worldly substance . By his recommenda- tion to Lord Finlater , FERGUSSON ...
... Round Lichnot , and holding several lucra- tive factorships , was tenant also of the farm of For- rester Hill , in the same region , and was a man of considerable worldly substance . By his recommenda- tion to Lord Finlater , FERGUSSON ...
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... Round Lichnot FERGUSSON was accustomed to assemble the servants who were detained from public worship on the Sabbaths , and taking his stand at the mouth of the peat - stack , he would address them for more than an hour at a time , in ...
... Round Lichnot FERGUSSON was accustomed to assemble the servants who were detained from public worship on the Sabbaths , and taking his stand at the mouth of the peat - stack , he would address them for more than an hour at a time , in ...
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... round him , claiming his friend- ship , and soliciting the favour of his ever genial and rarely enlivening company . Had he not yielded to the seductions of the gay sparks of the city it had been better for him . Had he stood apart from ...
... round him , claiming his friend- ship , and soliciting the favour of his ever genial and rarely enlivening company . Had he not yielded to the seductions of the gay sparks of the city it had been better for him . Had he stood apart from ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
A. B. Grosart aften Alexander Runciman Allan Ramsay amang Andrews Auld Reekie baith bauld beauty bell blaw blythe bonnie braw browster Burns caller canty cauld causey cheer chiel cottar crack David Steuart death dowie e'er Edinburgh edition fair fancy fouk frae gang gars glow'rs Grosart gude braid claith hame hauds heart ilka Ingle lads loun maun mony mourn Muse nae mair ne'er nett never night numbers o'er owre Perth poems poet poet's poortith portrait Precentor Printed Robert Fergusson Robin Gibb round Ruddiman Runciman sang says Scotland Scots Scottish shopies sigh siller simmer Sing farrel smiles song spring sweet thee thir days thole Thomas Ruddiman thou TIMANTHES trow tune unco verse wame weary weel weet Whase Whilk William Wilkie wirrikow
Passagens conhecidas
Página 151 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 213 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 14 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 12 - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth. Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
Página xi - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
Página 191 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 9 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 13 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Página xlix - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 59 - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o