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... earlier Scottish poetry had not been made available by eighteenth - century editors , Burns was nevertheless in contact with the main tradition , and his development as a poet clearly shows how the eighteenth - century antiquarian ...
... earlier Scottish poetry had not been made available by eighteenth - century editors , Burns was nevertheless in contact with the main tradition , and his development as a poet clearly shows how the eighteenth - century antiquarian ...
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... earlier in the poem . And the conclusion has a simple proverbial note : O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An ' foolish notion : What airs in dress an ' gait wad lea ...
... earlier in the poem . And the conclusion has a simple proverbial note : O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An ' foolish notion : What airs in dress an ' gait wad lea ...
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... earlier editions ; also some unpublished letters . The biography is largely dependent on Currie's . THE LIFE AND WORKS , edited by A. Peterkin . 4 vols . Edinburgh ( 1815 ) . A revision of Currie's edition , with an attempt to free ...
... earlier editions ; also some unpublished letters . The biography is largely dependent on Currie's . THE LIFE AND WORKS , edited by A. Peterkin . 4 vols . Edinburgh ( 1815 ) . A revision of Currie's edition , with an attempt to free ...
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