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Blit fince his mighty Patron fell,
He looks juft like 4 yack Blunt himfel.
Some Lords and Lairds fell’d Riggs and Caftks,
And play’d them aff with tricky Rafcals,
Wha now with Routh of ^Riches vapour.
While their late Honours live on Paper :
But ah ! the Difference 'twixt good Land,
And a poor Bankrupt Bubble’s Band.
Thus Europeans Indians rifle,
And give them for their Gowd fome Trifle,
As Deugs of Velvet, Chips of Chriftal,
A Facon’s Bell, or Baubie Whiftle.
Merchants and Bankers Heads gade wrang,
They thought to Millions they might fpang ;
Defpis’d the virtuous Road to Gain,
And look’d on little Bills with Pain :
The well won Thoufands of fome Years,
In ae big Bargain difappears.
’Tis fair to bide, but wha can help it,
Inftead of Coach, on Foot they skelp it.
The Ten per Cents wha durftna venture,
But lent great Sums upon Indetv tire,
f 'T:s commonly pid of a Perfon who is out of Countenance
at a Drfappomtment.
To
Blit fince his mighty Patron fell,
He looks juft like 4 yack Blunt himfel.
Some Lords and Lairds fell’d Riggs and Caftks,
And play’d them aff with tricky Rafcals,
Wha now with Routh of ^Riches vapour.
While their late Honours live on Paper :
But ah ! the Difference 'twixt good Land,
And a poor Bankrupt Bubble’s Band.
Thus Europeans Indians rifle,
And give them for their Gowd fome Trifle,
As Deugs of Velvet, Chips of Chriftal,
A Facon’s Bell, or Baubie Whiftle.
Merchants and Bankers Heads gade wrang,
They thought to Millions they might fpang ;
Defpis’d the virtuous Road to Gain,
And look’d on little Bills with Pain :
The well won Thoufands of fome Years,
In ae big Bargain difappears.
’Tis fair to bide, but wha can help it,
Inftead of Coach, on Foot they skelp it.
The Ten per Cents wha durftna venture,
But lent great Sums upon Indetv tire,
f 'T:s commonly pid of a Perfon who is out of Countenance
at a Drfappomtment.
To
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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