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... amusement or his ironic contemplation of the social scene . But these were not spontaneous effusions by an almost illiterate poet . Burns was a very conscious craftsman ; his entries in the Common- place Book reveal that from the ...
... amusement or his ironic contemplation of the social scene . But these were not spontaneous effusions by an almost illiterate poet . Burns was a very conscious craftsman ; his entries in the Common- place Book reveal that from the ...
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... amusement and that of his friends , Burns remained restless and dissatisfied . He won the reputation throughout the countryside of being a dangerous rebel against orthodox religion , and when in 1786 he fell in love with Jean Armour ...
... amusement and that of his friends , Burns remained restless and dissatisfied . He won the reputation throughout the countryside of being a dangerous rebel against orthodox religion , and when in 1786 he fell in love with Jean Armour ...
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... amusement is still there , but it is kindly now . The lady is restored to common humanity from whom she was dis- tinguished earlier in the poem . And the conclusion has a simple proverbial note : O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To ...
... amusement is still there , but it is kindly now . The lady is restored to common humanity from whom she was dis- tinguished earlier in the poem . And the conclusion has a simple proverbial note : O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To ...
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