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... satirical poet , the ironic observer of contemporary men and manners , the shrewd and humorous critic of religion and politics , of human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ...
... satirical poet , the ironic observer of contemporary men and manners , the shrewd and humorous critic of religion and politics , of human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ...
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... satire . The tone of con- tempt for the amusements of the idle rich is brilliantly con- veyed in such a phrase as ' to thrum guitars an ' fecht wi ' nowt ' , where the homely Scots word for cattle reduces at once the ritual splendour of ...
... satire . The tone of con- tempt for the amusements of the idle rich is brilliantly con- veyed in such a phrase as ' to thrum guitars an ' fecht wi ' nowt ' , where the homely Scots word for cattle reduces at once the ritual splendour of ...
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... satirist was revealed in some degree , but the greatest of his satiric poems he deli- berately omitted from the Kilmarnock volume in order not to shock his genteel audience . He omitted ' The Ordination ' a brilliant satire on Ayrshire ...
... satirist was revealed in some degree , but the greatest of his satiric poems he deli- berately omitted from the Kilmarnock volume in order not to shock his genteel audience . He omitted ' The Ordination ' a brilliant satire on Ayrshire ...
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