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... Thomson , but Thomson was a more consciously genteel person than Johnson , and Burns had to fight with him continuously to prevent him from ' refining ' words and music and so ruining their character . He did not always succeed . The ...
... Thomson , but Thomson was a more consciously genteel person than Johnson , and Burns had to fight with him continuously to prevent him from ' refining ' words and music and so ruining their character . He did not always succeed . The ...
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... Thomson , and if he had not been an original poet himself , and uncannily in tune with the folk tradition , he would have been execrated by later scholars for spoiling original material with false improve- ments . His work as a song ...
... Thomson , and if he had not been an original poet himself , and uncannily in tune with the folk tradition , he would have been execrated by later scholars for spoiling original material with false improve- ments . His work as a song ...
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... Thomson's Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs , Edinburgh ( [ 1793 ] –1805 ) . THE SONGS , with Symphonies and Accompaniments by J. K. Lees and Introduction and Historical Notes by H. C. Shelley . Glasgow ( 1896 ) . The ...
... Thomson's Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs , Edinburgh ( [ 1793 ] –1805 ) . THE SONGS , with Symphonies and Accompaniments by J. K. Lees and Introduction and Historical Notes by H. C. Shelley . Glasgow ( 1896 ) . The ...
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