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1781.
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No.
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I.
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To
William Burness. His health a little better, but tired of life. The
Revelations
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311
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1783.
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II.
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To
Mr. John Murdoch. His present studies and temper of mind
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312
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III.
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To
Mr. James Burness. His father’s illness, and sad state of the
country
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313
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IV.
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To
Miss E. Love
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314
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V.
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To
Miss E. Love
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314
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VI.
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To
Miss E. Love
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315
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VII.
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To
Miss E. On her refusal of his hand
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316
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VIII.
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To
Robert Riddel, Esq. Observations on poetry and human life
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316
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1784.
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IX.
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To
Mr. James Burness. On the death of his father
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322
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X.
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To
Mr. James Burness. Account of the Buchanites
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322
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XI.
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To
Miss ——. With a book
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323
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1786.
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XII.
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To
Mr. John Richmond. His progress in poetic composition
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323
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XIII.
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To
Mr. John Kennedy. The Cotter’s Saturday Night
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324
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XIV.
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To
Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing his “Scotch Drink”
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324
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XV.
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To
Mr. Aiken. Enclosing a stanza on the blank leaf of a book by Hannah
More
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324
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XVI.
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To
Mr. M’Whinnie, Subscriptions
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324
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XVII.
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To
Mr. John Kennedy. Enclosing “The Gowan”
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325
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XVIII.
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To
Mon. James Smith. His voyage to the West Indies
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325
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XIX.
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To
Mr. John Kennedy. His poems in the press. Subscriptions
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325
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XX.
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To
Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour’s return,—printing his poems
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326
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XXI.
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To
Mr. Robert Aiken. Distress of mind
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326
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XXII.
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To
Mr. John Richmond. Jean Armour
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327
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XXIII.
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To
John Ballantyne, Esq. Aiken’s coldness. His marriage-lines
destroyed
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328
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XXIV.
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To
Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour. West Indies
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328
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XXV.
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To
Mr. John Richmond. West Indies The Armours
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328
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XXVI.
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To
Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “The Calf”
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329
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XXVII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. Thanks for her notice. Sir William Wallace
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329
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XXVIII.
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To
Mr. John Kennedy. Jamaica
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330
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XXIX.
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To
Mr. James Burness. His departure uncertain
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330
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XXX.
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To
Miss Alexander. “The Lass of Ballochmyle”
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330
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XXXI.
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To
Mrs. Stewart, of Stair and Afton. Enclosing some songs. Miss Alexander
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331
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XXXII.
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Proclamation
in the name of the Muses
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332
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XXXIII.
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To
Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “Tam Samson.” His Edinburgh
expedition
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332
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XXXIV.
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To
Dr. Mackenzie. Enclosing the verses on dining with Lord Daer
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332
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XXXV.
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To
Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Rising fame. Patronage
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333
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XXXVI.
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To
John Ballantyne, Esq. His patrons and patronesses. The Lounger
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333
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XXXVII.
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To
Mr. Robert Muir. A note of thanks. Talks of sketching the history of
his life
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334
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XXXVIII.
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To
Mr. William Chalmers. A humorous sally
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334
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1787.
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XXXIX.
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To
the Earl of Eglinton. Thanks for his patronage
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335
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XL.
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To
Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Love
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335
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XLI.
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To
John Ballantyne, Esq. Mr. Miller’s offer of a farm
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335
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XLII.
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To
John Ballantyne, Esq. Enclosing “The Banks o’ Doon.”
First Copy
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336
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XLIII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. Dr. Moore and Lord Eglinton. His situation in Edinburgh
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336
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XLIV.
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To
Dr. Moore. Acknowledgments for his notice
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337
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XLV.
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To
the Rev. G. Lowrie. Reflections on his situation in life. Dr.
Blacklock, Mackenzie
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338
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XLVI.
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To
Dr. Moore. Miss Williams
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338
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XLVII.
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To
John Ballantyne, Esq. His portrait engraving
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339
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XLVIII.
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To
the Earl of Glencairn. Enclosing “Lines intended to be written
under a noble Earl’s picture”
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339
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XLIX.
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To
the Earl of Buchan. In reply to a letter of advice
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339
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L.
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To
Mr. James Candlish. Still “the old man with his deeds”
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340
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LI.
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To
——. On Fergusson’s headstone
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341
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LII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. His prospects on leaving Edinburgh
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341
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LIII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. A letter of acknowledgment for the payment of the
subscription
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342
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LIV.
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To
Mr. Sibbald. Thanks for his notice in the magazine
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343
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LV.
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To
Dr. Moore. Acknowledging the present of his View of Society
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343
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LVI.
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To
Mr. Dunlop. Reply to criticisms
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343
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LVII.
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To
the Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair. On leaving Edinburgh. Thanks for his kindness
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344
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LVIII.
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To
the Earl of Glencairn. On leaving Edinburgh
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344
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LIX.
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To
Mr. William Dunbar. Thanking him for the present of Spenser’s
poems
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344
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LX.
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To
Mr. James Johnson. Sending a song to the Scots Musical Museum
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345
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LXI.
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To
Mr. William Creech. His tour on the Border. Epistle in verse to Creech
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345
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LXII.
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To
Mr. Patison. Business
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345
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LXIII.
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To
Mr. W. Nicol. A ride described in broad Scotch
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346
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LXIV.
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To
Mr. James Smith. Unsettled in life. Jamaica
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346
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LXV.
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To
Mr. W. Nicol. Mr. Miller, Mr. Burnside. Bought a pocket Milton
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347
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LXVI.
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To
Mr. James Candlish. Seeking a copy of Lowe’s poem of “Pompey’s
Ghost”
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347
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LXVII.
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To
Robert Ainslie, Esq. His tour
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348
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LXVIII.
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To
Mr. W. Nicol. Auchtertyre
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348
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LXIX.
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To
Mr. Wm. Cruikshank. Auchtertyre
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348
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LXX.
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To
Mr. James Smith. An adventure
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349
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LXXI.
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To
Mr. John Richmond. His rambles
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350
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LXXII.
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To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. Sets high value on his friendship
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350
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LXXIII.
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To
the same. Nithsdale and Edinburgh
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350
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LXXIV.
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To
Dr. Moore. Account of his own life
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351
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LXXV.
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To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. A humorous letter
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357
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LXXVI.
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To
Mr. Robert Muir. Stirling, Bannockburn
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357
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LXXVII.
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To
Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Of Mr. Hamilton’s own family
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358
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LXXVIII.
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To
Mr. Walker. Bruar Water. The Athole family
|
359
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LXXIX.
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To
Mr. Gilbert Burns. Account of his Highland tour
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359
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LXXX.
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To
Miss Margaret Chalmers. Charlotte Hamilton. Skinner. Nithsdale
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360
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LXXXI.
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To
the same. Charlotte Hamilton, and “The Banks of the Devon”
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360
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LXXXII.
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To
James Hoy, Esq. Mr. Nicol. Johnson’s Musical Museum
|
361
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LXXXIII.
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To
Rev. John Skinner. Thanking him for his poetic compliment
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361
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LXXXIV.
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To
James Hoy, Esq. Song by the Duke of Gordon
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362
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LXXXV.
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To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. His friendship for him
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363
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LXXXVI.
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To
the Earl of Glencairn. Requesting his aid in obtaining an excise
appointment
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363
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LXXXVII.
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To
James Dalrymple, Esq. Rhyme. Lord Glencairn
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363
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LXXXVIII.
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To
Charles Hay, Esq. Enclosing his poem on the death of the Lord
President Dundas
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364
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LXXXIX.
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To
Miss M——n. Compliments
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364
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XC.
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To
Miss Chalmers. Charlotte Hamilton
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365
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XCI.
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To
the same. His bruised limb. The Bible. The Ochel Hills
|
365
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XCII.
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To
the same. His motto—“I dare.” His own worst enemy
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365
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XCIII.
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To
Sir John Whitefoord. Thanks for his friendship. Of poets
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366
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XCIV.
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To
Miss Williams. Comments on her poem of the Slave Trade
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366
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XCV.
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To
Mr. Richard Brown. Recollections of early life. Clarinda
|
368
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XCVI.
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To
Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Prayer for his health
|
369
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XCVII.
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To
Miss Chalmers. Complimentary poems. Creech
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369
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1788.
|
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XCVIII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. Lowness of spirits. Leaving Edinburgh
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370
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XCIX.
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To
the same. Religion
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370
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C.
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To
the Rev. John Skinner. Tullochgorum. Skinner’s Latin
|
370
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CI.
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To
Mr. Richard Brown. His arrival in Glasgow
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371
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CII.
|
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To
Mrs. Rose of Kilravock. Recollections of Kilravock
|
371
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CIII.
|
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To
Mr. Richard Brown. Friendship. The pleasures of the present
|
372
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CIV.
|
|
To
Mr. William Cruikshank. Ellisland. Plans in life
|
372
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CV.
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To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. Ellisland. Edinburgh. Clarinda
|
373
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CVI.
|
|
To
Mr. Richard Brown. Idleness. Farming
|
374
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|
CVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Muir. His offer for Ellisland. The close of life
|
374
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|
CVIII.
|
|
To
Miss Chalmers. Taken Ellisland. Miss Kennedy
|
375
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|
CIX.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Coila’s robe
|
375
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|
CX.
|
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To
Mr. Richard Brown. Apologies. On his way to Dumfries from Glasgow
|
375
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|
CXI.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Cleghorn. Poet and fame. The air of Captain O’Kean
|
376
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|
CXII.
|
|
To
Mr. William Dunbar. Foregoing poetry and wit for farming and business
|
376
|
|
CXIII.
|
|
To
Miss Chalmers. Miss Kennedy. Jean Armour
|
377
|
|
CXIV.
|
|
To
the same. Creech’s rumoured bankruptcy
|
377
|
|
CXV.
|
|
To
the same. His entering the Excise
|
377
|
|
CXVI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Fanning and the Excise. Thanks for the loan of Dryden and
Tasso
|
378
|
|
CXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. James Smith. Jocularity. Jean Armour
|
378
|
|
CXVIII.
|
|
To
Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing some poetic trifles
|
379
|
|
CXIX.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Dryden’s Virgil. His preference of Dryden to Pope
|
379
|
|
CXX.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. His marriage.
|
379
|
|
CXXI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. On the treatment of servants
|
380
|
|
CXXII.
|
|
To
the same. The merits of Mrs. Burns
|
380
|
|
CXXIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. The warfare of life. Books. Religion
|
381
|
|
CXXIV.
|
|
To
the same. Miers’ profiles
|
382
|
|
CXXV.
|
|
To
the same. Of the folly of talking of one’s private affairs
|
382
|
|
CXXVI.
|
|
To
Mr. George Lockhart. The Miss Baillies. Bruar Water
|
383
|
|
CXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Peter Hill. With the present of a cheese
|
383
|
|
CXXVIII.
|
|
To
Robert Graham Esq., of Fintray. The Excise
|
384
|
|
CXXIX.
|
|
To
Mr. William Cruikshank. Creech. Lines written in Friar’s Carse
Hermitage
|
385
|
|
CXXX.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Lines written at Friar’s Carse. Graham of Fintray
|
385
|
|
CXXXI.
|
|
To
the same. Mrs. Burns. Of accomplished young ladies
|
386
|
|
CXXXII.
|
|
To
the same. Mrs. Miller, of Dalswinton. “The Life and Age of Man.”
|
387
|
|
CXXXIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Beugo. Ross and “The Fortunate Shepherdess.”
|
388
|
|
CXXXIV.
|
|
To
Miss Chalmers. Recollections. Mrs. Burns. Poetry
|
388
|
|
CXXXV.
|
|
To
Mr. Morison. Urging expedition with his clock and other furniture for
Ellisland
|
390
|
|
CXXXVI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Mr. Graham. Her criticisms
|
390
|
|
CXXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Peter Hill. Criticism on an “Address to Loch Lomond.”
|
391
|
|
CXXXVIII.
|
|
To
the Editor of the Star. Pleading for the line of the Stuarts
|
392
|
|
CXXXIX.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. The present of a heifer from the Dunlops
|
393
|
|
CXL.
|
|
To
Mr. James Johnson. Scots Musical Museum
|
393
|
|
CXLI.
|
|
To
Dr. Blacklock. Poetical progress. His marriage
|
394
|
|
CXLII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Enclosing “Auld Lang Syne”
|
394
|
|
CXLIII.
|
|
To
Miss Davies. Enclosing the song of “Charming, lovely Davies”
|
395
|
|
CXLIV.
|
|
To
Mr. John Tennant. Praise of his whiskey
|
395
|
|
1789.
|
|
CXLV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections suggested by the day
|
396
|
|
CXLVI.
|
|
To
Dr. Moore. His situation and prospects
|
396
|
|
CXLVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. His favourite quotations. Musical Museum
|
398
|
|
CXLVIII.
|
|
To
Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing some poems for his comments upon
|
398
|
|
CXLIX.
|
|
To
Bishop Geddes. His situation and prospects
|
399
|
|
CL.
|
|
To
Mr. James Burness. His wife and farm. Profit from his poems. Fanny
Burns
|
399
|
|
CLI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections. His success in song encouraged a shoal of
bardlings
|
400
|
|
CLII.
|
|
To
the Rev. Peter Carfrae. Mr. Mylne’s poem
|
401
|
|
CLIII.
|
|
To
Dr. Moore. Introduction. His ode to Mrs. Oswald
|
401
|
|
CLIV.
|
|
To
Mr. William Burns. Remembrance
|
402
|
|
CLV.
|
|
To
Mr. Peter Hill. Economy and frugality. Purchase of books
|
402
|
|
CLVI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Sketch inscribed to the Right Hon. C.J. Fox
|
403
|
|
CLVII.
|
|
To
Mr. William Burns. Asking him to make his house his home
|
404
|
|
CLVIII.
|
|
To
Mrs. M’Murdo. With the song of “Bonnie Jean”
|
404
|
|
CLIX.
|
|
To
Mr. Cunningham. With the poem of “The Wounded Hare”
|
404
|
|
CLX.
|
|
To
Mr. Samuel Brown. His farm. Ailsa fowling
|
405
|
|
CLXI.
|
|
To
Mr. Richard Brown. Kind wishes
|
405
|
|
CLXII.
|
|
To
Mr. James Hamilton. Sympathy
|
406
|
|
CLXIII.
|
|
To
William Creech, Esq. Toothache. Good wishes
|
406
|
|
CLXIV.
|
|
To
Mr. M’Auley. His own welfare
|
406
|
|
CLXV.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. Overwhelmed with incessant toil
|
407
|
|
CLXVI.
|
|
To
Mr. M’Murdo. Enclosing his newest song
|
407
|
|
CLXVII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on religion
|
408
|
|
CLXVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. ——. Fergusson the poet
|
408
|
|
CLXIX.
|
|
To
Miss Williams. Enclosing criticisms on her poems
|
409
|
|
CLXX.
|
|
To
Mr. John Logan. With “The Kirk’s Alarm”
|
410
|
|
CLXXI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Religion. Dr. Moore’s “Zeluco”
|
410
|
|
CLXXII.
|
|
To
Captain Riddel. “The Whistle”
|
411
|
|
CLXXIII.
|
|
To
the same. With some of his MS. poems
|
411
|
|
CLXXIV.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. His Excise employment
|
412
|
|
CLXXV.
|
|
To
Mr. Richard Brown. His Excise duties
|
412
|
|
CLXXVI.
|
|
To
Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise. Captain Grose. Dr. M’Gill
|
413
|
|
CLXXVII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on immortality
|
414
|
|
CLXXVIII.
|
|
To
Lady M.W. Constable. Jacobitism
|
415
|
|
CLXXIX.
|
|
To
Provost Maxwell. At a loss for a subject
|
415
|
|
1790.
|
|
CLXXX.
|
|
To
Sir John Sinclair. Account of a book-society in Nithsdale
|
416
|
|
CLXXXI.
|
|
To
Charles Sharpe, Esq. A letter with a fictitious signature
|
416
|
|
CLXXXII.
|
|
To
Mr. Gilburt Burns. His farm a ruinous affair. Players
|
417
|
|
CLXXXIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Sutherland. Enclosing a Prologue
|
418
|
|
CLXXXIV.
|
|
To
Mr. William Dunbar. Excise. His children. Another world
|
418
|
|
CLXXXV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Falconer the poet. Old Scottish songs
|
419
|
|
CLXXXVI.
|
|
To
Mr. Peter Hill. Mademoiselle Burns. Hurdis. Smollett and Cowper
|
420
|
|
CLXXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. W. Nicol. The death of Nicol’s mare Peg Nicholson
|
420
|
|
CLXXXVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. W. Cunningham. What strange beings we are
|
421
|
|
CLXXXIX.
|
|
To
Mr. Peter Hill. Orders for books. Mankind
|
423
|
|
CXC.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Mackenzie and the Mirror and Lounger
|
423
|
|
CXCI.
|
|
To
Collector Mitchell. A county meeting
|
424
|
|
CXCII.
|
|
To
Dr. Moore. “Zeluco.” Charlotte Smith
|
425
|
|
CXCIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Murdoch. William Burns
|
425
|
|
CXCIV.
|
|
To
Mr. M’Murdo. With the Elegy on Matthew Henderson
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426
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CXCV.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. His pride wounded
|
426
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CXCVI.
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To
Mr. Cunningham. Independence
|
426
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CXCVII.
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To
Dr. Anderson. “The Bee.”
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427
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CXCVIII.
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To
William Tytler, Esq. With some West-country ballads
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427
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CXCIX.
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To
Crauford Tait, Esq. Introducing Mr. William Duncan
|
427
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CC.
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To
Crauford Tait, Esq. “The Kirk’s Alarm”
|
428
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CCI.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. On the birth of her grandchild. Tam O’ Shanter
|
429
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1791.
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CCII.
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To
Lady M.W. Constable. Thanks for the present of a gold snuff-box
|
429
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CCIII.
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To
Mr. William Dunbar. Not gone to Elysium. Sending a poem
|
429
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CCIV.
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To
Mr. Peter Mill. Apostrophe to Poverty
|
430
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CCV.
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To
Mr. Cunningham. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegy on Miss Burnet
|
430
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CCVI.
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To
A.F. Tytler, Esq. Tam O’ Shanter
|
431
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CCVII.
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. Miss Burnet. Elegy writing
|
431
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CCVIII.
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To
Rev. Arch. Alison. Thanking him for his “Essay on Taste”
|
432
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CCIX.
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To
Dr. Moore. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegyon Henderson. Zeluco. Lord
Glencairn
|
432
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CCX.
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To
Mr. Cunningham. Songs
|
433
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CCXI.
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To
Mr. Alex. Dalzel. The death of the Earl of Glencairn
|
434
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CCXII.
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To
Mrs. Graham, of Fintray. With “Queen Mary’s Lament”
|
434
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CCXIII.
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To
the same. With his printed Poems
|
435
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CCXIV.
|
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To
the Rev. G. Baird. Michael Bruce
|
435
|
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CCXV.
|
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To
Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a son
|
435
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CCXVI.
|
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To
the same. Apology for delay
|
436
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CCXVII.
|
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To
the same. Quaint invective on a pedantic critic
|
436
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CCXVIII.
|
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To
Mr. Cunningham. The case of Mr. Clarke of Moffat, Schoolmaster
|
437
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|
CCXIX.
|
|
To
the Earl of Buchan. With the Address to the shade of Thomson
|
437
|
|
CCXX.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomas Sloan. Apologies. His crop sold well
|
438
|
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CCXXI.
|
|
To
Lady E. Cunningham. With the Lament for the Earl of Glencairn
|
438
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CCXXII.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. State of mind. His income
|
439
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|
CCXXIII.
|
|
To
Col. Fullarton. With some Poems. His anxiety for Fullarton’s
friendship
|
439
|
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CCXXIV.
|
|
To
Miss Davis. Lethargy, Indolence, and Remorse. Our wishes and our
powers
|
440
|
|
CCXXV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Mrs. Henri. The Song of Death
|
440
|
|
1792.
|
|
CCXXVI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. The animadversions of the Board of Excise
|
441
|
|
CCXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. William Smellie. Introducing Mrs. Riddel
|
441
|
|
CCXXVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. W. Nicol. Ironical reply to a letter of counsel and reproof
|
442
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CCXXIX.
|
|
To
Francis Grose, Esq. Dugald Stewart
|
443
|
|
CCXXX.
|
|
To
the same. Witch stories
|
443
|
|
CCXXXI.
|
|
To
Mr. S. Clarke. Humorous invitation to teach music to the M’Murdo
family
|
444
|
|
CCXXXII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Love and Lesley Baillie
|
445
|
|
CCXXXIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Cunningham. Lesley Baillie
|
446
|
|
CCXXXIV.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Promising his assistance to his collection of songs and
airs
|
447
|
|
CCXXXV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Situation of Mrs.Henri
|
448
|
|
CCXXXVI.
|
|
To
the same. On the death of Mrs. Henri
|
449
|
|
CCXXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Thomson’s fastidiousness. “My Nannie O,”
&c.
|
449
|
|
CCXXXVIII.
|
|
To
the same. With “My wife’s a winsome wee thing,” and
“Lesley Baillie”
|
450
|
|
CCXXXIX.
|
|
To
the same. With Highland Mary. The air of Katherine Ogie
|
450
|
|
CCXL.
|
|
To
the same. Thomson’s alterations and observations
|
451
|
|
CCXLI.
|
|
To
the same. With “Auld Rob Morris,” and “Duncan Gray”
|
451
|
|
CCXLII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a daughter. The poet Thomson’s dramas
|
451
|
|
CCXLIII.
|
|
To
Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise inquiry into his political
conduct
|
452
|
|
CCXLIV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Hurry of business. Excise inquiry
|
453
|
|
1793.
|
|
CCXLV.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. With “Poortithcauld” and “Galla Water”
|
453
|
|
CCXLVI.
|
|
To
the same. William Tytler, Peter Pindar
|
453
|
|
CCXLVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Cunningham. The poet’s seal. David Allan
|
454
|
|
CCXLVIII.
|
|
To
Thomson. With “Mary Morison”
|
455
|
|
CCCXLIX.
|
|
To
the same. With “Wandering Willie”
|
455
|
|
CCL.
|
|
To
Miss Benson. Pleasure he had in meeting her
|
455
|
|
CCLI.
|
|
To
Patrick Miller, Esq. With the present of his printed poems
|
456
|
|
CCLII.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Review of Scottish song. Crawfurd and Ramsay
|
456
|
|
CCLIII.
|
|
To
the same. Criticism. Allan Ramsay
|
457
|
|
CCLIV.
|
|
To
the same. “The last time I came o’er the moor”
|
458
|
|
CCLV.
|
|
To
John Francis Erskine, Esq. Self-justification. The Excise inquiry
|
459
|
|
CCLVI.
|
|
To
Mr. Robert Ainslie. Answering letters. Scholar-craft
|
460
|
|
CCLVII.
|
|
To
Miss Kennedy. A letter of compliment
|
461
|
|
CCLVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Frazer. “Blithe had I been on yon hill”
|
461
|
|
CCLIX.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. “Logan Water.” “Ogin my love were yon
red rose”
|
462
|
|
CCLX.
|
|
To
the same. With the song of “Bonnie Jean”
|
463
|
|
CCLXI.
|
|
To
the same. Hurt at the idea of pecuniary recompense. Remarks on song
|
463
|
|
CCLXII.
|
|
To
the same. Note written in the name of Stephen Clarke
|
464
|
|
CCLXIII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Phillis the fair”
|
464
|
|
CCLXIV.
|
|
To
the same. With “Had I a cave on some wild distant shore”
|
464
|
|
CCLXV.
|
|
To
the same. With “Allan Water”
|
464
|
|
CCLXVI.
|
|
To
the same. With “O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad,”
&c.
|
465
|
|
CCLXVII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Come, let me take thee to my breast”
|
465
|
|
CCLXVIII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Dainty Davie”
|
466
|
|
CCLXIX.
|
|
To
Miss Craik. Wretchedness of poets
|
466
|
|
CCLXX.
|
|
To
Lady Glencairn. Gratitude. Excise. Dramatic composition
|
466
|
|
CCLXXI.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. With “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled”
|
467
|
|
CCLXXII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Behold the hour, the boat arrive”
|
468
|
|
CCLXXIII.
|
|
To
the same. Crawfurd and Scottish song
|
468
|
|
CCLXXIV.
|
|
To
the same. Alterations in “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled”
|
470
|
|
CCLXXV.
|
|
To
the same. Further suggested alterations in “Scots wha hae”
rejected.
|
470
|
|
CCLXXVI.
|
|
To
the same. With “Deluded swain, the pleasure,” and “Raving
winds around her blowing”
|
471
|
|
CCLXXVII.
|
|
To
the same. Erskine and Gavin Turnbull
|
471
|
|
CCLXXVIII.
|
|
To
John M’Murdo, Esq. Payment of a debt. “The Merry Muses”
|
472
|
|
CCLXXIX.
|
|
To
the same. With his printed poems
|
473
|
|
CCLXXX.
|
|
To
Captain ——. Anxiety for his acquaintance. “Scots wha
hae wi’ Wallace bled”
|
473
|
|
CCLXXXI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. The Dumfries Theatre
|
474
|
|
1794.
|
|
CCLXXXII.
|
|
To
a Lady. In favour of a player’s benefit
|
474
|
|
CCLXXXIII.
|
|
To
the Earl of Buchan. With a copy of “Scots wha hae”
|
474
|
|
CCLXXXIV.
|
|
To
Captain Miller. With a copy of “Scots wha hae”
|
475
|
|
CCLXXXV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. Lobster-coated puppies
|
475
|
|
CCLXXXVI.
|
|
To
the same. The gin-horse class of the human genus
|
475
|
|
CCLXXXVII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Werter.” Her reception of him
|
475
|
|
CCLXXXVIII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. Her caprice
|
476
|
|
CCLXXXIX.
|
|
To
the same. Her neglect and unkindness
|
476
|
|
CCXC.
|
|
To
John Syme, Esq. Mrs. Oswald, and “O wat ye wha’s in yon
town”
|
476
|
|
CCXCI.
|
|
To
Miss ——. Obscure allusions to a friend’s death. His
personal and poetic fame
|
477
|
|
CCXCII.
|
|
To
Mr. Cunningham. Hypochondria. Requests consolation
|
477
|
|
CCXCIII.
|
|
To
the Earl of Glencairn. With his printed poems
|
478
|
|
CCXCIV.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. David Allan. “The banks of Cree”
|
479
|
|
CCXCV.
|
|
To
David M’Culloch, Esq. Arrangements for a trip in Galloway
|
479
|
|
CCXCVI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Threatened with flying gout. Ode on Washington’s
birthday
|
479
|
|
CCXCVII.
|
|
To
Mr. James Johnson. Low spirits. The Museum. Balmerino’s dirk
|
480
|
|
CCXCVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Lines written in “Thomson’s Collection of
songs”
|
480
|
|
CCXCIX.
|
|
To
the same. With “How can my poor heart be glad”
|
480
|
|
CCC.
|
|
To
the same. With “Ca’ the yowes to the knowes”
|
481
|
|
CCCI.
|
|
To
the same. With “Sae flaxen were her ringlets.” Epigram to
Dr. Maxwell.
|
481
|
|
CCCII.
|
|
To
the same. The charms of Miss Lorimer. “O saw ye my dear, my
Phely,” &c.
|
482
|
|
CCCIII.
|
|
To
the same. Ritson’s Scottish Songs. Love and song
|
483
|
|
CCCIV.
|
|
To
the same. English songs. The air of “Ye banks and braes o’
bonnie Doon”
|
484
|
|
CCCV.
|
|
To
the same. With “O Philly, happy be the day,” and “Contented
wi’ little”
|
485
|
|
CCCVI.
|
|
To
the same. With “Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy”
|
486
|
|
CCCVII.
|
|
To
Peter Miller, jun., Esq. Excise. Perry’s offer to write for the
Morning Chronicle
|
487
|
|
CCCVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Samuel Clarke, jun. A political and personal quarrel. Regret
|
487
|
|
CCCIX.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. With “Now in her green mantle blithe nature arrays”
|
487
|
|
1795.
|
|
CCCX.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. With “For a’ that and a’ that”
|
488
|
|
CCCXI.
|
|
To
the same. Abuse of Ecclefechan
|
488
|
|
CCCXII.
|
|
To
the same. With “O stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay,”
and “The groves of sweet myrtle”
|
488
|
|
CCCXIII.
|
|
To
the same. With “How cruel are the parents” and “Mark
yonder pomp of costly fashion”
|
489
|
|
CCCXIV.
|
|
To
the same. Praise of David Allan’s “Cotter’s Saturday
Night”
|
489
|
|
CCCXV.
|
|
To
the same. With “This is no my ain Lassie.” Mrs. Riddel
|
489
|
|
CCCXVI.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. With “Forlorn, my love, no comfort near”
|
490
|
|
CCCXVII.
|
|
To
the same. With “Last May a braw wooer,” and “Why
tell thy lover”
|
490
|
|
CCCXVIII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. A letter from the grave
|
490
|
|
CCCXIX.
|
|
To
the same. A letter of compliment. “Anacharsis’ Travels”
|
491
|
|
CCCXX.
|
|
To
Miss Louisa Fontenelle. With a Prologue for her benefit-night
|
491
|
|
CCCXXI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. His family. Miss Fontenelle. Cowper’s “Task”
|
492
|
|
CCCXXII.
|
|
To
Mr. Alexander Findlater. Excise schemes
|
492
|
|
CCCXXIII.
|
|
To
the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. Written for a friend. A complaint
|
493
|
|
CCCXXIV.
|
|
To
Mr. Heron, of Heron. With two political ballads
|
493
|
|
CCCXXV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Thomson’s Collection. Acting as Supervisor of
Excise
|
494
|
|
CCCXXVI.
|
|
To
the Right Hon. William Pitt. Address of the Scottish Distillers
|
495
|
|
CCCXXVII.
|
|
To
the Provost, Bailies, and Town Council of Dumfries. Request to be made
a freeman of the town
|
496
|
|
1796.
|
|
CCCXXVIII.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. “Anarcharsis’ Travels.” The muses
|
496
|
|
CCCXXIX.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. His ill-health.
|
497
|
|
CCCXXX.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Acknowledging his present to Mrs. Burns of a worsted
shawl
|
497
|
|
CCCXXXI.
|
|
To
the same. Ill-health. Mrs. Hyslop. Allan’s etchings. Cleghorn
|
497
|
|
CCCXXXII.
|
|
To
the same. “Here’s a health to ane I loe dear”
|
498
|
|
CCCXXXIII.
|
|
To
the same. His anxiety to review his songs, asking for copies
|
498
|
|
CCCXXXIV.
|
|
To
Mrs. Riddel. His increasing ill-health
|
498
|
|
CCCXXXV.
|
|
To
Mr. Clarke, acknowledging money and requesting the loan of a further
sum
|
499
|
|
CCCXXXVI.
|
|
To
Mr. James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum. Request for a copy of the
collection
|
499
|
|
CCCXXXVII.
|
|
To
Mr. Cunningham. Illness and poverty, anticipation of death
|
499
|
|
CCCXXXVIII.
|
|
To
Mr. Gilbert Burns. His ill-health and debts
|
500
|
|
CCCXXXIX.
|
|
To
Mr. James Armour. Entreating Mrs. Armour to come to her daughter’s
confinement
|
500
|
|
CCCXL.
|
|
To
Mrs. Burns. Sea-bathing affords little relief
|
500
|
|
CCCXLI.
|
|
To
Mrs. Dunlop. Her friendship. A farewell
|
501
|
|
CCCXLII.
|
|
To
Mr. Thomson. Solicits the sum of five pounds. “Fairest Maid on
Devon Banks”
|
501
|
|
CCCXLIII.
|
|
To
Mr. James Burness. Soliciting the sum of ten pounds
|
501
|
|
CCCXLIV.
|
|
To
James Gracie, Esq. His rheumatism, &c. &c.—his loss of
appetite
|
502
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