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... side of Burns , unfortunately , that the orators at Burns suppers prefer to concentrate on , with the result that they often present a picture of a rustic philosopher turning out edifying genteel platitudes about the life of the peasant ...
... side of Burns , unfortunately , that the orators at Burns suppers prefer to concentrate on , with the result that they often present a picture of a rustic philosopher turning out edifying genteel platitudes about the life of the peasant ...
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... side of Scotland in an endeavour to improve his for- tunes , but though he worked immensely hard first on the farm of Lochlie which he leased in 1765 and then on that of Mount Oliphant which he took in 1777 , ill - luck dogged him ...
... side of Scotland in an endeavour to improve his for- tunes , but though he worked immensely hard first on the farm of Lochlie which he leased in 1765 and then on that of Mount Oliphant which he took in 1777 , ill - luck dogged him ...
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... side of his poetic genius was ' Tam o ' Shanter ' , a magnificently spirited narrative poem based on a folk legend associated with Alloway Kirk . The poem is in octosyllabic couplets , and in variations of speed and tone , in unfolding ...
... side of his poetic genius was ' Tam o ' Shanter ' , a magnificently spirited narrative poem based on a folk legend associated with Alloway Kirk . The poem is in octosyllabic couplets , and in variations of speed and tone , in unfolding ...
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