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A world where nothing is had for nothing.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
Good, too, Logic, of course; in itself, but not in fine weather.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market;
Knowledge needful for all, yet cannot be had for the asking.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
They are married and gone to New Zealand.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions;
Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
The grave man, nicknamed Adam.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
... O musical chaff of old Athens,
Dishes, and fishes, bird, beast, and sesquipedalian black-guard!
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)
Women are weak, as you say, and love of all things to be passive,
Passive, patient, receptive, yea, even of wrong and misdoing,
Even to force and misdoing with joy and victorious feeling
Patient, passive, receptive; for that is the strength of their being,
Like to the earth taking all things, and all to good converting.
The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich (1848)