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... sometimes of sharp civil conflict ; the Puritan suspicion of secular literature which it brought with it blighted Scottish drama and drove much folk literature underground . Further , once Scotland had officially become a Protestant ...
... sometimes of sharp civil conflict ; the Puritan suspicion of secular literature which it brought with it blighted Scottish drama and drove much folk literature underground . Further , once Scotland had officially become a Protestant ...
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... sometimes as dance tunes . It became a fashionable pastime among ladies and gentlemen to write new words to old folk - airs - the words were generally English and sentimental , but sometimes they were in a rather self - conscious Scots ...
... sometimes as dance tunes . It became a fashionable pastime among ladies and gentlemen to write new words to old folk - airs - the words were generally English and sentimental , but sometimes they were in a rather self - conscious Scots ...
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... sometimes simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as well as providing entirely new words to traditional airs and dance tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson ...
... sometimes simply touching up a set of characterless old words , as well as providing entirely new words to traditional airs and dance tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson ...
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