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For love is of such potent might
That of misfortune it makes light.
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With full good will they all fell to,
And sought no other sauce thereto
Than appetite.
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Freedom is a noble thing!
Great happiness does freedom bring.
All solace to a man it gives;
He lives at ease that freely lives.
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A! fredome is a noble thing!
Fredome mayse man to haiff liking.
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Nor can a man a fire so cover
That smoke or flame shall not discover.
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Although for food they hungered sore
He sent them drink, enough and more!
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Storys to rede ar delitabill,
Suppos that thai be nocht bot fabill.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
John Barbour
Born:
1316
Died:
March 13, 1395
(aged 79)
Bio:
John Barbour was a Scottish poet and the first major named literary figure to write in Scots.
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