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... farm while bitterly resenting the fact that others whom he met in town and country were born to higher destinies than his . ' I formed many connections , ' he wrote later , looking back on his youth , ' with younkers who possessed ...
... farm while bitterly resenting the fact that others whom he met in town and country were born to higher destinies than his . ' I formed many connections , ' he wrote later , looking back on his youth , ' with younkers who possessed ...
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... farm was not prospering , and Burns , harassed by insoluble emotional and economic problems , thought of emigrating to Jamaica . But he first wanted to show his country what he could do . In the midst of his troubles with the Armours ...
... farm was not prospering , and Burns , harassed by insoluble emotional and economic problems , thought of emigrating to Jamaica . But he first wanted to show his country what he could do . In the midst of his troubles with the Armours ...
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... farm in Ellisland , Dumfriesshire , leased to him by an admirer who was nevertheless a shrewd landlord . At ... farming at Ellisland difficult , though he was 1Wealth . helped by Jean Armour , with whom he had been 28 BURNS.
... farm in Ellisland , Dumfriesshire , leased to him by an admirer who was nevertheless a shrewd landlord . At ... farming at Ellisland difficult , though he was 1Wealth . helped by Jean Armour , with whom he had been 28 BURNS.
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