Death and Doctor Hornbook  23313

A True Story

  • Poem
  • by
  • first line (public domain):
    Some books are lies frae end to end,
    And some great lies were never penn'd:
    Ev'n Ministers, they hae been kenn'd,
                   In holy rapture,
    A rousing whid, at times, to vend,
                   And nail't wi' Scripture.
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Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 171
    • in "The Edinburgh Edition, 1787"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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