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A Dedication (第1/3页)
a dedication to gavin hamilton, esq. expea, sir, in this narration, a flee, fleth'rin dedication, to roose you up, an' ca' you guid, an' sprung o' great an' noble bluid, because ye're surnam'd like his grace— perhaps related to the race: then, when i'm tir'd—and sae are ye, wi' mony a fulsome, sinfu' lie, set up a face how i stop short, for fear your modesty be hurt. this may do—maun do, sir, wi' them wha maun please the great folk for a wamefou; for me! sae laigh i need na bow, for, lord be thankit, i plough; and when i downa yoke a naig, then, lord be thankit, i beg; sae i shall say—an' that's nae flatt'rin— it's just sic poet an' sic patron. the poet, some guid angel help him, or else, i fear, some ill ane skelp him! he may do weel for a' he's do, but only—he's no just begu. the patron (sir, ye maun fie me; i winna lie, e what will o' me), on ev'ry hand it will allow'd be, he's just—ter than he should be. i readily and freely grant, he downa see a poor man want; what's no his ain, he winna tak it; what ance he says, he winna break it; ought he lend he'll no refus't, till aft his guidness is abus'd; and rascals whiles that do him wrang, ev'n that, he does na mind it lang; as master, landlord, husband, father, he does na fail his part iher. but then, hanks to him for a'that; nae godly symptom ye ca' that; it's hing but a milder feature of our poor, sinfu' corrupt nature: ye'll get the best o' moral works, 'mang black gentoos, and pagan turks, or hunters wild on ponotaxi, wha never heard of orthodoxy. that he's the poor man's friend
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