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Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly (第1/2页)
address to the unco guid, or the rigidly righteous my son, these maxims make a rule, an' lump them aye thegither; the rigid righteous is a fool, the rigid wise anither: the est that ere was dight may hae some pyles o' caff in; so ne'er a fellow-creature slight for random fits o' daffin. (solomon.—eccles. ch. vii. verse 16.) o ye wha are sae guid yoursel', sae pious and sae holy, ye've nought to do but mark and tell your neibours' fauts and folly! whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, supplied wi' store o' water; the heaped happer's ebbing still, an' still the clap plays clatter. hear me, ye venerable core, as sel for poor mortals that frequent pass douce wisdom's door flaikit folly's portals: i, for their thoughtless, careless sakes, would here propone defences— their doricks, their black mistakes, their failings and misces. ye see your state wi' theirs pared, and shudder at the niffer; but cast a moment's fair regard, what maks the mighty differ; dist what st occasion gave, that purity ye pride in; and (what's aft mair than a' the lave), your better art o' hidin. think, when your castigated pulse gies now and