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... later , looking back on his youth , ' with younkers who possessed superior advan- tages , the youngling actors who were busy with the rehear- sal of parts in which they were shortly to appear on that stage where , alas , I was destined ...
... later , looking back on his youth , ' with younkers who possessed superior advan- tages , the youngling actors who were busy with the rehear- sal of parts in which they were shortly to appear on that stage where , alas , I was destined ...
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... Later , he became involved with a similar project for George Thomson , but Thomson was a more consciously genteel person than Johnson , and Burns had to fight with him continuously to prevent him from ' refining ' words and music and so ...
... Later , he became involved with a similar project for George Thomson , but Thomson was a more consciously genteel person than Johnson , and Burns had to fight with him continuously to prevent him from ' refining ' words and music and so ...
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... later scholars for spoiling original material with false improve- ments . His work as a song writer was a unique blend of the antiquarian and the creative . He took the whole body of Scottish folk song and , in a passion of enthusiasm ...
... later scholars for spoiling original material with false improve- ments . His work as a song writer was a unique blend of the antiquarian and the creative . He took the whole body of Scottish folk song and , in a passion of enthusiasm ...
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