The book Burns And His Times, As Gathered From His Poems; was written by author J O John Oswald Mitchell Here you can read free online of Burns And His Times, As Gathered From His Poems; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Burns And His Times, As Gathered From His Poems; a good or bad book?
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The rantin' dog, the daddie o't " ; among his familiar troubles he gives : a r\' -, ' O' a' the numerous human dools, 111 hairsts, daft bargains, cutty stools " ; and as the natural sequel, whether to himself or to some one else, of " mooping wi' the servant hizzie, " he names, " Stand i' the stool when I hae dune. " CHURCH DISCIPLINE 105 In that vile piece, " What ails ye now, ye lousie bitch ? " he professes to "... Tell for sport, How he did wi' the Session sort. " His conduct, as he paints ...the scene, is beyond measure shocking, but the thing never hap- pened. The " blasphemy and bawdry, " Scott Douglas's own words, are Burns's poor revenge for the humiliations he dared not refuse.^ ^ In the "Extempore to Mr. Gavin Hamilton" (first published by Ale. Xander Smith) Burns writes thus : " The priest anathemas may threat — Predicament, Sir, that we're baith in ; But when honour's reveille is beat, The holy artillery's naething. " These brave lines Scott Douglas (Paterson's Burns, I. 336) assigns to "about August, 1786.
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