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... final stanza . Shortly afterwards he entered in the Commonplace Book sentimental , melodramatic , or melancholy pieces whose thought reflected the family misfortunes of the time and whose vocabulary and manner derived from minor ...
... final stanza . Shortly afterwards he entered in the Commonplace Book sentimental , melodramatic , or melancholy pieces whose thought reflected the family misfortunes of the time and whose vocabulary and manner derived from minor ...
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... final pages are padded out with a handful of poor epigrams and epitaphs . There were also , what to contemporary reviewers seemed the stars of the volume , " The Cotter's Saturday Night ' and " To a Mountain Daisy ' . " The Twa Dogs ...
... final pages are padded out with a handful of poor epigrams and epitaphs . There were also , what to contemporary reviewers seemed the stars of the volume , " The Cotter's Saturday Night ' and " To a Mountain Daisy ' . " The Twa Dogs ...
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... final illness : with a supreme effort of the imagination Burns as he lay dying reversed their roles and wrote , to one of Jessie's favourite old Scottish airs , Oh wert thou in the cauld blast , On yonder lea , on yonder lea ; My ...
... final illness : with a supreme effort of the imagination Burns as he lay dying reversed their roles and wrote , to one of Jessie's favourite old Scottish airs , Oh wert thou in the cauld blast , On yonder lea , on yonder lea ; My ...
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