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... assurance and cunning . From the oral folk tradition he learned a great deal about song rhythms and the fitting of words to music . And out of his own Ayrshire speech , his knowledge of older Scots , and his reading in standard English ...
... assurance and cunning . From the oral folk tradition he learned a great deal about song rhythms and the fitting of words to music . And out of his own Ayrshire speech , his knowledge of older Scots , and his reading in standard English ...
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... assurance of the statement that conceals at first its preposterousness and then suddenly reveals it when we least expect it : O thou that in the heavens does dwell ! Wha , as it pleases best Thysel , Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell ...
... assurance of the statement that conceals at first its preposterousness and then suddenly reveals it when we least expect it : O thou that in the heavens does dwell ! Wha , as it pleases best Thysel , Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell ...
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... assurance , a technical skill and a poetic splendour that cannot be matched in the literature of any other country . And he not only rescued and preserved the words ; he also took the mass of song tunes and dance tunes and saw to it ...
... assurance , a technical skill and a poetic splendour that cannot be matched in the literature of any other country . And he not only rescued and preserved the words ; he also took the mass of song tunes and dance tunes and saw to it ...
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