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... mind and the confidence in his own judgement to reject in large measure the advice of the Edinburgh literati and turn to more genuine Scottish traditions for inspiration , thus saving himself from turning into a minor English ...
... mind and the confidence in his own judgement to reject in large measure the advice of the Edinburgh literati and turn to more genuine Scottish traditions for inspiration , thus saving himself from turning into a minor English ...
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... mind the temptation Burns was constantly under to cater to the educated taste of his day . " The Holy Fair ' is one of the finest poems in the collec- tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities ...
... mind the temptation Burns was constantly under to cater to the educated taste of his day . " The Holy Fair ' is one of the finest poems in the collec- tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities ...
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