"I'll ha'e nae hauf-way hoose, but aye be whaur Extremes meet — it's the only way I ken To dodge the curst conceit o' …"

"To meddle wi the thistle and to pluck The figs frae't is my metier, I think."

"If there's a sword-like sang That can cut Scotland clear O a' the warld beside Rax me the hilt o't here.For there's n…"

"The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp …"

"I amna fou' sae muckle as tired — deid dune. It's gey and hard wark coupin' gless for gless Wi' Cruivie and Gilsanquh…"

"Yes! I could find some comfort in the thought Of being scourged, Were there but hope that this defiling sin Which mar…"

"O to be like my Lord! Yet must I be Mine own self too, And to the nature He bestowed on me Be frankly true.The olive …"

"The devout and politically free inhabitant of New England is a kind of Laocoön who makes not the least effort to esca…"

"There is a sort of republican plainness and simplicity in their address, quite in harmony with the institutions of th…"

"The process in England...is to ring for the chambermaid; but in America there are no bells, and no chambermaids. You …"