The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner, Volume 1at the Kilmarnock Press, by Mathie and Lochore, 1819 - English literature |
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... Frae beuks , the wale o ' beuks , I gat some skill , These best can teach what's real gude an ' ill ; Ne'er grudge ilk year to ware some stanes o ' cheese , To gain these silent friends that ever please . Gent . Shepherd . When ...
... Frae beuks , the wale o ' beuks , I gat some skill , These best can teach what's real gude an ' ill ; Ne'er grudge ilk year to ware some stanes o ' cheese , To gain these silent friends that ever please . Gent . Shepherd . When ...
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... frae the tap o ' a bundle in his kist . I daredna to leuk mysel what it was - for the han ' that wrote it is cauld in the yirth . Mr. Wilson said it wad be necessar for him or some ither learned man to put explanations tilt - an ' yere ...
... frae the tap o ' a bundle in his kist . I daredna to leuk mysel what it was - for the han ' that wrote it is cauld in the yirth . Mr. Wilson said it wad be necessar for him or some ither learned man to put explanations tilt - an ' yere ...
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... frae the devoot feelin ' o ' the day to see thae things there at siccan a time ? It was nae far'er gane than the last Sabbath that I chanced to be a wee owre sune afore the bell rang ; an in coorse o ' stacherin ' about the kirk - yaird ...
... frae the devoot feelin ' o ' the day to see thae things there at siccan a time ? It was nae far'er gane than the last Sabbath that I chanced to be a wee owre sune afore the bell rang ; an in coorse o ' stacherin ' about the kirk - yaird ...
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... frae his point - an ' deed it was mysel ' that was awa ' amang John Walker's potatoes - or rinnin ' after the poacher far owre the Strone Hill . Now as maistly ilka man body that cam ' in at the kirk yett read thae papers , ye may think ...
... frae his point - an ' deed it was mysel ' that was awa ' amang John Walker's potatoes - or rinnin ' after the poacher far owre the Strone Hill . Now as maistly ilka man body that cam ' in at the kirk yett read thae papers , ye may think ...
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... frae ilka plunder'd town . An ' this is aye the gate : my han's do far The greatest deeds o ' this lang bluidy war : But whan the gear's divided ye get maist ; The bonniest aye o ' lasses and the best- While I ( dear bought an ' sair ...
... frae ilka plunder'd town . An ' this is aye the gate : my han's do far The greatest deeds o ' this lang bluidy war : But whan the gear's divided ye get maist ; The bonniest aye o ' lasses and the best- While I ( dear bought an ' sair ...
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Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
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Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.