"His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman and scholar."

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"From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God.""

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"Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted!"

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"His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither,-- They had been fou for weeks thegither."

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"A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man 's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that."

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"Nae man can tether time or tide."

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"John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent."

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"Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe."

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"Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm."

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"To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made anither!"

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"It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue."

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"He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle reins a shake, With, "Adieu for evermore, my dear, And adieu for evermore.""

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"The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious."

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"We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine."

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"Oh, my luve 's like a red, red rose, That 's newly sprung in June; Oh, my luve 's like the melodie That 's sweetly played in tune."

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"Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care?"

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"That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane."

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"But, oh! fell death's untimely frost That nipt my flower sae early."

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"Liberty 's in every blow! Let us do or die."

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"In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep."

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"The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that."

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"But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever."

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"As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious."

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"To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,-- That 's the true pathos and sublime Of human life."

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"But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever."

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"My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer."

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"She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine."

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"Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises."

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"Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain."

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"Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit."

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"It was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand."

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"Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour."

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"The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary."

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"Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious."

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"Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!"

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"The landlord's laugh was ready chorus."

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"Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair."

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"Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?"

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"If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it."

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"'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,--Jessy!"

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"Joh. Mayor, in the first book of his "History of Scotland," contends much for the wholesomeness of oaten bread; it was objected to him, then living at Paris, that his countrymen fed on oats and base grain. . . . And yet Wecker out of Galen calls it horse-meat, and fitter juments than men to feed on."

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"Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so had he many vices; he had two distinct persons in him."

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"We can say nothing but what hath been said. Our poets steal from Homer. . . . Our story-dressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best."

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"Like the watermen that row one way and look another."

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"Like Æsop's fox, when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow foxes cut off theirs."

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"Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes."

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"Penny wise, pound foolish."

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"Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself."

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"Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes hereafter,--some of them in hell."

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"I had not time to lick it into form, as a bear doth her young ones."

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