Burns In Drama Together With Saved Leaves

Author : James Hutchison Stirling
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ISBN 13 : 9781330519691
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Burns in Drama, Together with Saved Leaves (Classic Reprint) written by James Hutchison Stirling and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Burns in Drama, Together With Saved Leaves Mrs. Burness. But listen, sir! Surely it's no the bread o' idleness that's eaten in this house; surely it's neither what we put in us, nor what we put on us, that keeps us in your debt. We sleep little, and we work meikle. We strive and we strain; we hain and we kain; and we scrimp ourselves o' the very necessars o' life that we may be burthenless and blameless before God and before man. Oh, sir, sir, we mean to pay you, and we will pay you. Gie us but time. Surely, surely, we do the best we can. Factor. It's no for me, mistress, to say what you dae or what ye dinna dae: I'm just here to get what's awin. Mrs. Burness. But you ken yoursel how things have gone against us - you ken yoursel what kind o' seasons - W. Burness. Agnes, Agnes, it is no use speaking - all has been said: I am wearied o' words, and money I have not. Factor. But money you must have - money I'll mak you have, or there's no a spoon in your haun, nor a luggie on your table but'll gang to answer for't. Mrs. Burness. We have lost crops - we have lost cattle. This very day, Hawkie, the best o' the hale byre, is dead. From first to last it's been a bad bargain. Factor. And wha made ye tak the bargain? - were you forced to it? - was it no your ain doing? And what business had a gardener wi' a farm at all? I suppose naething less would serve him than makin' lairds o' his sons, and leddies o' his dochters. W. Burness. You are not likely to understand my motives, so - Factor. O ay! you are a great gentleman, are you? You could run into debt, though, and egg ithers to run into debt, and a' to get tutors, and teachers, and schoolmasters for your twa coofs there. It's a' edication, edication - books, books - writing-masters at Dalrymple, and French anes at Ayr, and honest folk canna get their ain aff ye. W. Burness. Go on, sir, go on! I despise your meanness, and can keep my temper. Factor. What business had a gardener body to tak a farm at all, I ask? 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.