Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 103
the workRobert Burns. performed was small, we must remember that he had his very materials to discover;for the metal he worked in lay hid under the desert,where no eye but his guessed its existence; and we mayalmost say, that with his own hand he had to constructthe tools for fashioning it. For he… … Birthplace of Burns. of a boundless arsenal and magazine, filled with all theweapons and engines which mans skill has been able to devise from theearliest time ;and he works,accordingly,with a strengthborrowed fromall past ages.How different ishis state whostands on theoutside of that storehouse,…
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