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... Night ' . Burns , who was much influenced by the sentimental tradition in late eighteenth - century English and Scottish literature , some- times postured deliberately in order to attract the attention of the genteel sentimentalists of ...
... Night ' . Burns , who was much influenced by the sentimental tradition in late eighteenth - century English and Scottish literature , some- times postured deliberately in order to attract the attention of the genteel sentimentalists of ...
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... night ' ( to the tune of ' Corn rigs are bonie ' ) ; two insipid love songs in English , to Scottish tunes ; and a farewell to his fellow - Freemasons of Tarbolton , Ayrshire , to the tune of ' Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a " ( the ...
... night ' ( to the tune of ' Corn rigs are bonie ' ) ; two insipid love songs in English , to Scottish tunes ; and a farewell to his fellow - Freemasons of Tarbolton , Ayrshire , to the tune of ' Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a " ( the ...
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... Night ' , a grave descriptive poem in Spenserian stanzas describing with pious approval an even- ing in the life of a Scottish peasant family . The poem is modelled on Fergusson's " The Farmer's Ingle ' , ' but Burns is more pretentious ...
... Night ' , a grave descriptive poem in Spenserian stanzas describing with pious approval an even- ing in the life of a Scottish peasant family . The poem is modelled on Fergusson's " The Farmer's Ingle ' , ' but Burns is more pretentious ...
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