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A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE,
With Some
REMARKS ON SCOTTISH POETRY.
" An early wish, (I mind it's power)
*' I had, and to my latest hour
" It still shall heave my breast,
" That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake,
" Some useful plan, or beuk could make,
" Or sing a sang at least."
Burns, Vol. V.p. 345.
EDINBURGH :
Printed by John Moir, Royal Bank Close :
AND SOLD BY STUART CHEYNE, EDINBURGH ',
BY ALEXANDER BROWN, ABERDEEN ;
And by the Principal Booksellers in Scotland.
1809.
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AMUSEMENT S
OF
LEISURE HOURS:
OR
POETICAL PIECES,
CHIEFLY IN THE
SCOTTISH DIALECT:
BY THE LATE
REVEREND JOHN SKINNER;
AT LONGSIDEj ABERDEENSHIRE.
A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE,
With Some
REMARKS ON SCOTTISH POETRY.
" An early wish, (I mind it's power)
*' I had, and to my latest hour
" It still shall heave my breast,
" That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake,
" Some useful plan, or beuk could make,
" Or sing a sang at least."
Burns, Vol. V.p. 345.
EDINBURGH :
Printed by John Moir, Royal Bank Close :
AND SOLD BY STUART CHEYNE, EDINBURGH ',
BY ALEXANDER BROWN, ABERDEEN ;
And by the Principal Booksellers in Scotland.
1809.
?
• > ns
AMUSEMENT S
OF
LEISURE HOURS:
OR
POETICAL PIECES,
CHIEFLY IN THE
SCOTTISH DIALECT:
BY THE LATE
REVEREND JOHN SKINNER;
AT LONGSIDEj ABERDEENSHIRE.
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| Description | By the Reverend John Skinner. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the author's life, with some remarks on Scottish poetry. Edinburgh : Printed by John Moir and sold by Stuart Cheyne, 1809. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.175 |
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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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