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And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser.
And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did th' adviser.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 10 · quotation 16 · Burns · Epistle to a Young Friend.
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