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...Museum on the Royal Mile, displays manuscripts, relics and memorabilia of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and R.L. Stevenson.

*''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' 1937 The title is a reference to the [[Robert Burns]] poem "[[To a Mouse]]."

...n sense. According to one of his pupils, Lord Jeffrey <ref>''A Winter with Robert Burns: Being Annals of His Patrons and Associates in Edinburgh during the year 17

...([[Robert Burns]]) <ref>The Life and Works of Robert Burns‎ - Page 285 by Robert Burns, Robert Chambers – 1857</ref>

...he did in spite of blindness, and he is notable as an early supporter of [[Robert Burns]]. ...y, without a single acquaintance, or a single letter of introduction." ''[[Robert Burns]]''

...([[Robert Burns]]) <ref>The Life and Works of Robert Burns‎ - Page 285 by Robert Burns, Robert Chambers – 1857</ref> ...kless and debt-ridden, a phenomenally prolific writer, a collaborator of [[Robert Burns]], and the first Briton to make an aerial ascent in a [[hot-air balloon]].

...at midnight as well. In [[English language|English]]-speaking countries, [[Robert Burns]]'s song "[[Auld Lang Syne]]" is typically played or sung. Some people atte

...ry of Edinburgh, was a member of the Cape Club, and is known to have met [[Robert Burns]] and the painter [[Sir Henry Raeburn]]. However, Brodie also led a gang of

...)|California]] during the Great Depression. The tile is a quotation from [[Robert Burns]]: "The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley".

...ter "Makars" of the 5th and 16th centuries, and [[Robert Fergusson]] and [[Robert Burns]]. The preface to his ''Ever Green'' is a protest against "imported trimmin

The last three verses of ''Scots Wha Hae'', by Robert Burns The sentence provoked widespread outrage, and [[Robert Burns]] was moved to write the song 'Scots Wha Hae' in protest, which was immedia

...Picturesque Notes] RL Stevenson, 1879; see also [[Thomas Aikenhead]] and [[Robert Burns]]</ref>

...her beauty and amiability, but she died of consumption at the age of 25. [[Robert Burns]] wrote his ''Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo'' in tribute.

...ructure in the Scottish Baronial style in 1883-1884. A bronze statue of [[Robert Burns]] was unveiled in 1898.

Robert Burns (1759-1796), inscribed on the wall of the new Parliament building</blockquo

...Museum on the Royal Mile, displays manuscripts, relics and memorabilia of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and R.L. Stevenson. ...trait of the philosopher [[David Hume]], Alexander Nasmyth’s portrait of [[Robert Burns]] and Sir Henry Raeburn’s portrait of [[Sir Walter Scott]].

...nd the poet [[Robert Fergusson]] (1750-74), who is said to have inspired [[Robert Burns]]. A statue of Robert Ferguson stands outside the Kirk. ...House/Writer’s Museum''' displays manuscripts, relics and memorabilia of [[Robert Burns]], [Sir Walter Scott]] and [[R.L. Stevenson]].

...tral figures were [[Francis Hutcheson]], [[David Hume]], [[Adam Smith]], [[Robert Burns]], [[Adam Ferguson]], and [[James Hutton]].

*[[Robert Burns Woodward|Robert B. Woodward]] (1917&ndash;1979), 1965 [[Nobel Prize in Chem

...h ran for nearly two years and contained one of the earliest tributes to [[Robert Burns]]. Mackenzie contributed forty-two papers to ''The Mirror'' and fifty-seven