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... rhetorical senti- mentality . It is as well to bear in 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 ...
... rhetorical senti- mentality . It is as well to bear in 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 ...
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... rhetorical exclamations at critical moments spoils the work as a whole . V Burns selected the Kilmarnock poems with care : he was anxious to impress a genteel Edinburgh audience . In his preface he played up to contemporary sentimental ...
... rhetorical exclamations at critical moments spoils the work as a whole . V Burns selected the Kilmarnock poems with care : he was anxious to impress a genteel Edinburgh audience . In his preface he played up to contemporary sentimental ...
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... rhetorical exhibitionist whose works are a store- house of pious platitudes to be quoted from platform and pulpit . The real Burns , Burns when he operated with his full strength and genius as a poet , was the heir of Henryson in his ...
... rhetorical exhibitionist whose works are a store- house of pious platitudes to be quoted from platform and pulpit . The real Burns , Burns when he operated with his full strength and genius as a poet , was the heir of Henryson in his ...
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