Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 1 of 4

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Excerpt from Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 1 of 4: With His Life With something of hope and fear, I offer this work to my country. I have endeavoured to relate the checquered fortunes, delineate the character, and trace the Illustrious Peasant with candor and accuracy: his farming speculations - excise schemes - political feelings and poetic musings are discussed with a fulness not common to biography: and his sharp lampoons and personal sallies are alluded to with all possible tenderness to the living and respect for the dead. - In writing the Poet's Life I have availed myself of his unpublished journals, private letters, manuscript verses, and of well-authenticated anecdotes and traits of character supplied by hi friends, and I have arranged his works as much as might be in the order of their composition, and illustrated them with such notes, critical, historical, and biographical, as seemed necessary. Of verse, one hundred and odd pieces will be found in this edition, more than Currie's octovo contains. The number of letters, too, are materially increased - but nothing is admitted which bears not the true Burn's stamp. The embellishments are of high merit: the portrait of the Poet has called forth the commendation of several who had the honor of his acquaintance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.