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... Edinburgh . The poem contains some admirable descriptive passages and shows considerable technical accomplishment in the hand- ling of the stanza , but the introduction of hollow sentimen- talities and rhetorical exclamations at ...
... Edinburgh . The poem contains some admirable descriptive passages and shows considerable technical accomplishment in the hand- ling of the stanza , but the introduction of hollow sentimen- talities and rhetorical exclamations at ...
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... Edinburgh ( 1787 ) . POEMS , chiefly in the Scottish Dialect . 2 vols . Edinburgh ( 1793 ) . The last edition with which Burns himself was directly concerned . THE WORKS , with an Account of his Life [ by J. Currie ] . 4 vols . ( 1800 ) ...
... Edinburgh ( 1787 ) . POEMS , chiefly in the Scottish Dialect . 2 vols . Edinburgh ( 1793 ) . The last edition with which Burns himself was directly concerned . THE WORKS , with an Account of his Life [ by J. Currie ] . 4 vols . ( 1800 ) ...
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... Edinburgh ( 1856-7 ; revised by W. Wallace , 1896 ) . Based on careful original research , this remained the standard edi- tion and the standard life until its revision by Wallace in 1896. Poems and letters in chronological order ...
... Edinburgh ( 1856-7 ; revised by W. Wallace , 1896 ) . Based on careful original research , this remained the standard edi- tion and the standard life until its revision by Wallace in 1896. Poems and letters in chronological order ...
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