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... Scotland has no other national figure to compare with Burns ; not even Robert the Bruce , who led Scotland in her successful war of independence against the English , holds a place in the hearts of Scotsmen that can begin to compare ...
... Scotland has no other national figure to compare with Burns ; not even Robert the Bruce , who led Scotland in her successful war of independence against the English , holds a place in the hearts of Scotsmen that can begin to compare ...
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... Scotland . Indeed , I can think of no country that has made a poet into a national hero in quite the same way that Scotland has done with Burns . There are two principal reasons for the special place Burns has achieved in the affections ...
... Scotland . Indeed , I can think of no country that has made a poet into a national hero in quite the same way that Scotland has done with Burns . There are two principal reasons for the special place Burns has achieved in the affections ...
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... Scotland had officially become a Protestant country ( though there remained a large Roman Catholic area in the Highlands ) its destiny became more closely linked with Protestant England and separated from Catholic France , Scotland's ...
... Scotland had officially become a Protestant country ( though there remained a large Roman Catholic area in the Highlands ) its destiny became more closely linked with Protestant England and separated from Catholic France , Scotland's ...
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