The Unique: Or, Biography of Many Distinguished Characters; with Fine PortraitsJ.P. Peaslee, 1829 - 253 páginas |
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... Burns , that profligacy- " Hardens a ' within And petrifies the feeling : " and so we fear his lordship has been enabled ex- perimentally to prove . Lord Byron made a most powerful attempt to excuse , or at least to palliate his offence ...
... Burns , that profligacy- " Hardens a ' within And petrifies the feeling : " and so we fear his lordship has been enabled ex- perimentally to prove . Lord Byron made a most powerful attempt to excuse , or at least to palliate his offence ...
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... BURNS . ROBERT BURNS was born on January 25 , 1759 , in a small house , * formed of clay , about two miles from Ayr , and within a short distance of Alloway Church , which the poem of Tam O'Shanter has rendered ... BURNS . ROBERT BURNS. ...
... BURNS . ROBERT BURNS was born on January 25 , 1759 , in a small house , * formed of clay , about two miles from Ayr , and within a short distance of Alloway Church , which the poem of Tam O'Shanter has rendered ... BURNS . ROBERT BURNS. ...
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... Burns , in his early years , shewed no signs of the genius and talent by which he was afterwards distinguished ; he was only remarkable for the avidity with which he read the books that chance , or friendship threw in his way ; and for ...
... Burns , in his early years , shewed no signs of the genius and talent by which he was afterwards distinguished ; he was only remarkable for the avidity with which he read the books that chance , or friendship threw in his way ; and for ...
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... Burns thus beautifully describes his first emotions of love : - " You know our country custom of coup- ling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvest . My partner was a bewitching creature , a year younger than ...
... Burns thus beautifully describes his first emotions of love : - " You know our country custom of coup- ling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvest . My partner was a bewitching creature , a year younger than ...
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... Burns ' wisdom ; and they were obliged to give up the concern , with great loss . It was while in this farm , he lost his father , who died of a consumption , February 13 , 1784 . About this period , he became acquainted with Jean ...
... Burns ' wisdom ; and they were obliged to give up the concern , with great loss . It was while in this farm , he lost his father , who died of a consumption , February 13 , 1784 . About this period , he became acquainted with Jean ...
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