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My bardship here, at your levee, On sic a day as this is, Is sure an uncouth sight to see, Amang thae birthday dresses Sae fine this day.'

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

The brats, too tedious to mention, claim a parental pang from my bardship.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

My bardship here, at your Levee On sic a day as this is, Is sure an uncouth sight to see, Amang thae birth-day dresses Sae fine this day.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

My own private story likewise, my love adventures, my rambles; the frowns and smiles of fortune on my bardship my poems and fragments, that must never see the light, shall be occasionally inserted.

From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell

I set as little by princes, lords, clergy, critics, etc., as, all these respective gentry do by my bardship.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert