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Title: The complete works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 Smith, Alexander, 1830-1867 Gebbie, George Hunter, James
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Gebbie & Co.
Contributing Library: Brandeis University Libraries
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ew Pearson, a gentleman thatI am happy to say, from manner, abilities, and atten-tion, promises, indeed, to be a great acquisition to theservice of your honorable board. This is a letter of business ; in a future opportunityI may, and most certainly will, trouble you with onein my own way, a la Parnasse. I have the honor to be, Sir, your much indebtedand ever grateful servant, Robt. Burns. P.S.—I forgot to mention that, if my plan takes,let me recommend to your humanity and justice thepresent ofiicer of the second division.* He is a verygood officer, and is burdened with a family of smallchildren, which, with some debts of early days, crushhim much to the ground. R. B. 0 TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN. WITH A COPY OF BRUCES ADDRESS AT BANNOCKBURN.(CromEK, 1808.) Dumfries, 12M Jan. 1794.My Lord,—Will your Lordship allow me to pre-sent you with the inclosed little composition of mine, * John MQuaker, 43 years of age, 7 of a family, 13 years in the service, 5 yearsin present district.—R. B.
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u X7€^iy^^<) ci-^yitz J<::y^€^■^■c^^ x^rci^J-^^.i-i^^T-i AT POOSI E-N ANSIES. .^.35.) NANSE TINNOCK. 385 as a small tribute of gratitude for that acquaintancewith whicli you have been pleased to honor me.Independent of my enthusiasm as a Scotsman, I haverarely met with any thing in history which interests myfeelings as a man, equal with the story of Bannock-burn. On the one hand, a cruel but able usurperleading on the finest army in Europe, to extinguishthe last spark of freedom among a greatly daring, andgreatly injured, people : on the other hand, the desper-ate relics of a gallant nation devoting themselves torescue their bleeding country or perish with her. Liberty ! thou art a prize truly, and indeed invalu-able ; for never canst thou be too dearly bought! If my little ode has the honor of your Lordshipsapprobation, it will gratify my highest ambition.—Ihave honor to be, &c., R. B. The original MS. of the foregoing letter, with its preciousenclosure, is said t

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