It breaks up families, burns hope, and perpetuates cycles of misery.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On|Tina Brown|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a decades-old howitzer Burns called a “multi-ton behemoth” and the atomic shell had a range of only ten miles.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk|Clive Irving|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The writer A. Lezhnev said, “I view the incident with Shostakovich as the advent of the same ‘order’ that burns books in Germany.”
When Stalin Met Lady Macbeth|Brian Moynahan|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was there ever a discussion about having Mr. Burns and Smithers get together at some point?
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His Nobel|Marlow Stern|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What is the quality of the sentient light they encounter, that “shines not burns”?
Eben Alexander Has a GPS for Heaven|Patricia Pearson|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Burns's famous "Jolly Beggars" have all had their portraits drawn by Cruikshank.
George Cruikshank|William Makepeace Thackeray
Burns had the richer nature and was the greater as a man; Catullus was the more accomplished artist.
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins
The liver tries to get rid of it by taking some air from the blood and burning it up, just as it burns the real food of the body.
Applied Physiology|Frank Overton
"Nor is the right honorable gentleman on Newmarket Heath," replied Burns.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5|Various
Thus in Scots Burns was not only more at home, but had a medium in some respects more plastic than English.
Robert Burns|William Allan Neilson
British Dictionary definitions for Burns
Burns
/ (bɜːnz) /
noun
Robert . 1759–96, Scottish lyric poet. His verse, written mostly in dialect, includes love songs, nature poetry, and satires. Auld Lang Syne and Tam o' Shanter are among his best known poems