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... human weaknesses , follies , passions and appetites which indulge themselves at the Holy Fair . There is no moral indig- nation in the poem , only an ironical amusement at the thought that human nature will have its way even in the ...
... human weaknesses , follies , passions and appetites which indulge themselves at the Holy Fair . There is no moral indig- nation in the poem , only an ironical amusement at the thought that human nature will have its way even in the ...
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... human drive , and " The Jolly Beggars ' gives brilliant expression to man as out- cast and vagabond . Complete independence of social order implies poverty , squalor and vice , but Burns does not shrink from that . He is not ...
... human drive , and " The Jolly Beggars ' gives brilliant expression to man as out- cast and vagabond . Complete independence of social order implies poverty , squalor and vice , but Burns does not shrink from that . He is not ...
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... humanity caught in the act , of Fergusson in his ability to render the colour and absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the 32 BURNS.
... humanity caught in the act , of Fergusson in his ability to render the colour and absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the 32 BURNS.
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