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iatelf Does It not mow, that worfc than bru-
tal exceffive Drinking, enervates and unhinges
a Man's Gonftitution, and makes him uncapable
of performing divine, moral, or natural Duties.
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raife many ufefnl Notes from every Character,
^vhich the Ingenious will prefently find out.
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And. rife to Faults true Critich dare not mend;
From vulgar Bounds with brave Diforder part,
And [natch a Grace beyond the Reach of An*
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ferioufly protefl 1 do not mean an Oath of thats
Name we all have heard of. Likewife (
would intreat every News-monger not to offer
to pump Politicks from this Poem : Wou'd any
imagine that the firft Part, which was wrote
fome hundred Years ago, is the Story of She-.
rift-Moor^ hecaufeRobRoy is named in't; Thatf
my Bauld Befs was ****** ^ a0( j t h e Lemrgm
the *******. I love them who fometimes
find out Wit the Author never mean'd j but
fuch Ignoramus's are intolerable.
Any Body that has a Mind to look four upon
It, may ufe their Freedom.
Not laugh Beafis^FiJJjeSyFouls^jor Reptiles can $
'That's a peculiar Happinefs of Man :
When governed with a prudent chearful Grace y'
gw one of the firft Beauties of the Face*
CHRIST'*
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Poems
DescriptionBy Allan Ramsay. Edinburgh : Printed for the author, 1720. [A collection of pamphlets previously issued separately by Ramsay. The collection was probably first published in 1719 without a collective title page and subsequently re-issued in 1720 with prefatory material and a collective title page but little attempt at continuous pagination.] Contents: Morning interview (with: Elegy on Maggy Johnston, To the most beautiful Scots ladies, Scots songs) [Martin 36, 32, 49, 46] - Christ’s-Kirk on the Green [Martin 7] - Scriblers lash’d [Martin 48] - Content [Martin 17] - Richy and Sandy [Martin 25] - Familiar epistles [Martin 22] - Prologue [variant of Martin 42] - Bessy Bell and Mary Gray [Martin 28] - Young laird and Edinburgh Katy [Martin 54] - Patie and Roger [Martin 37] - Edinburgh’s salutation [Martin 31].
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish 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.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe 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.