Hector Macneill
Hector Macneill (22 October 1746 – 15 March 1818) was a Scottish poet born near Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland. Macneill had been the son of a poor army captain and went to work as a clerk in 1760 at the age of fourteen. Soon, he was sent to the West Indies and served as assistant secretary from 1780 to 1786.After he returned to Scotland, he wrote various political pamphlets, two novels, and several poems, ''The Harp'' (1789), ''The Carse of Forth'', and ''Scotland's Skaith'', the last against drunkenness, but is best known for his songs, such as ''My Love's in Germany'' (''My Luve's in Germanie'') ''My Boy Tammy'', ''I lo'ed ne'er a Laddie but ane'', and ''Come under my Plaidie''.
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1795
Published 1795
printed by C. Randall. And sold by P. Hill. A. Guthrie, Edinburgh. Brash & Reid, A. Macauley, Glasgow. G. Caldwall & A. Cameron, Paisley
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1795
Published 1795
printed for P. Hill, & A. Guthrie, and sold by all the Booksellers
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1789
Published 1789
At the Apollo Press by Martin and Mcdowall. Printed for P. Hill, Parliament Square, Edinburgh; and J. Johnston, St. Paul's Church-Yard, London
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1795
Published 1795
printed by Mundell and Son, R. Bank Close; sold by A. Guthrie, Bookseller, South-Bridge
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1788
Published 1788
printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, No. 25, Pater-Noster-Row, and J. Gore, Liverpool
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1800
Published 1800
printed by D. Willison, for A. Guthrie, Manners & Miller, and Ar. Constable
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by Macneill, Hector
Published 1799
Published 1799
Printed for Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, Vernor and Hood, London, and Brash and Reid, Glasgow