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... tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities , and adopting an old Scottish stanza- form which came down to him through Fergusson ( whose ' Leith Races ' is Burns's model here ) , " The Holy Fair ...
... tion . Written in the old Scottish tradition of poems describing popular festivities , and adopting an old Scottish stanza- form which came down to him through Fergusson ( whose ' Leith Races ' is Burns's model here ) , " The Holy Fair ...
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... tion . When he asks God's vengeance on his personal enemies he really believes that his will and God's cause are one . And when he asks for economic prosperity in this world in addi- tion to his assured reward in the next , it is in ...
... tion . When he asks God's vengeance on his personal enemies he really believes that his will and God's cause are one . And when he asks for economic prosperity in this world in addi- tion to his assured reward in the next , it is in ...
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... tion is quite out of date . THE SONGS , with Bibliography edited by J. C. Dick ( 1903 ) . An important scholarly edition of the songs , with the airs to which they were originally set , with historical and critical notes on both the ...
... tion is quite out of date . THE SONGS , with Bibliography edited by J. C. Dick ( 1903 ) . An important scholarly edition of the songs , with the airs to which they were originally set , with historical and critical notes on both the ...
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