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...Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like die lave, ' The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Iia'-Silile, ance his fadier's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid...

...house is well described by Burns, in his Cotter's Saturday Night: The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide; The...turns o'er with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, once his father's pride. He wales a portion with judicious care, And " let us worship God," he says,...

...families, which is so interestingly described by the Airshire poet. The checrfu' supper done, wi' serious face. They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi* patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rent ly U laid aside,...

...which is so interestingly described by the Airshire poet. The cheerfu' rapper done, wi' terious fact, They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently U laid aside,...

...will tell, How 'twas a lowmond auld fin' Lint was i' the hell. The chearfo' ftrpper done, wi' ftirious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide} The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The hig ha' Bihle, ance his father's pride : His honnet rev'rently is laid afide, ' His lyart liaffbta...

...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,...

...wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' lint was i' the beD 3« The cheerfu' fupper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide j I The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, * y The big ha' bible 4, ance his father's pride ;...

...Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave, * The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Sihle, -ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,...

...will tell, How 'twas a towmond anld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,...