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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Third Epistle To J. Lapraik
by Robert Burns The Holy FairEpistle To The Rev. John M'mathThird Epistle To J. Lapraik Guid speed and furder to you, Johnie, Guid health, hale han's, an' weather bonie;…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song-Willie Chalmers
by Robert Burns Nature's Law-A PoemReply To A Trimming Epistle Re...Song-Willie Chalmers Mr. Chalmers, a gentleman in Ayrshire, a particular friend of mine, asked me to write a poetic…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1784
by Robert Burns 178317851784ContentsRemorse: A FragmentEpitaph On Wm. Hood, Senr., In TarboltonEpitaph On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, TarboltonEpitaph On My Own Friend And My Father's Friend, Wm…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Tam O' Shanter
by Robert Burns Verses On Captain GroseOn The Birth Of A Posthumous ChildTam O' Shanter A Tale. "Of Brownyis and of Bogillis full is this Buke." Gawin Douglas…Brewer's: Luath
(2 syl.). Cuthullin's dog in Ossian's Fingal; also the name of the poor man's dog representing the peasantry in The Twa Dogs, by Robert Burns. The gentleman's dog is called Caesar. Also…Brewer's: Exies
or Axes. Hysterics; ague fits; any paroxysm. “Jenny Ritherout has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet ... for twa days successively.” —Sir W. Scott: The Antiquary, chap…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland
by Robert Burns My Eppie AdairEpigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryOn The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland Collecting The Antiquities Of That Kingdom Hear,…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Epistle To Dr. Blacklock
by Robert Burns To Mary In HeavenThe Five CarlinsEpistle To Dr. Blacklock Ellisland, 21st Oct., 1789. Wow, but your letter made me vauntie! And are ye hale, and weel and…Brewer's: Eleven
(Anglo-Saxon, ændlefene, aend = ain, lefene = lef, left). One left or one more after counting ten (the fingers of the two hands). Twelve is Twa lef (two left); all the other teens up to 20…Brewer's: Tweeds
Checked cloths for trousers, etc. The origin of this name is supposed to have been a blunder for “tweels,” somewhat blotted and badly written in 1829. The Scotch manufacturer sent a…Trending
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