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" Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books; I calculated crops; I attended markets; and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad... "
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The Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 380 pages
...predecessor at Mossgiel was entitled to retain possession of the house there until 25 May.] solution, Come, go to ! I will be wise. I read farming books,...spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the...
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The baptist Magazine

1882 - 590 pages
...project he says:— " I entered on this farm with ii full resolution, Come, go to, I vitt be trine. I read farming books ; I calculated crops ; I attended...spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the...
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American Illustrated Magazine, Volume 13

1882 - 780 pages
...entered their new home with a firm resolution to be prudent, industrious and thiifty. In his own words, "I read farming books, I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world and the flesh, I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying...
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Development of English Literature and Language

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...farm with a full resolution, Comt, go to, I will bt mite! I read farming books; I calculated crops: 1 attended markets and. In short, In spite of the devil, and the world, and the.Jl'tli. I believe I should have been a wise man; hut the first Clouds of misfortune gathered darkly....
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The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Volume 1

1883 - 778 pages
...Burns entered on it with a firm resolution to be prudent, industrious, and thrifty. In his own words, " I read farming books, I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world, and the flesh, I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...on this farm with a full resolution, Come, go to, I will be wise! I read farming books; I caleulated crops: I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and theflesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 pages
...for his services, and during four years his expenses did not exceed this wretched allowance. He said: hip-, whereof none can ever be cast away besides the first that uAU be irlM.' I read farming books; I cnlcnl:it<'d crops: I attended markets and, in short, in spite...
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Essays and Miscellaneous Writings in Prose and Verse

Robert C. Ferguson - 1887 - 308 pages
...Burns joined his brother Gilbert in taking the farm of Mosgiel. " I entered on this," wrote Burns, " with a full resolution, ' come, go to, I will be wise...in spite of the devil and the world and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man, but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the...
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Burns

Robert Burns - 1889 - 334 pages
...sketched by each of the brothers. Part of the poet's account may be given. ' I entered,' he says, ' on this farm with a full resolution Come, go to, I...attended markets ; and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year from unfortunately...
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Burns

Robert Burns - 1889 - 328 pages
...sketched by each of the brothers. Part of the poet's account may be given. ' I entered,' he says, ' on this farm with a full resolution Come, go to, I will be -wise ! I read fanning books, I calculated crops, I attended markets ; and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world,...
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