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... Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , ' The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical brilliance and orginality in a Scottish literary tradition that goes back to ...
... Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , ' The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical brilliance and orginality in a Scottish literary tradition that goes back to ...
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... Holy Fair ' is one of the finest poems in the collec- tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities , and adopting an old Scottish stanza- form which came down to him through Fergusson ( whose ...
... Holy Fair ' is one of the finest poems in the collec- tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities , and adopting an old Scottish stanza- form which came down to him through Fergusson ( whose ...
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... Holy Fair ' and done with greater verve and dexterity . He omitted the ' Address to the Unco Guid ' , a somewhat pedestrian attack on Puritan hypocrisy which might have been included without offence . He omitted the amusing and skilful ...
... Holy Fair ' and done with greater verve and dexterity . He omitted the ' Address to the Unco Guid ' , a somewhat pedestrian attack on Puritan hypocrisy which might have been included without offence . He omitted the amusing and skilful ...
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