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... tone of Scottish folk- song and that of eighteenth - century sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs ...
... tone of Scottish folk- song and that of eighteenth - century sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs ...
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... 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 bull ...
... 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 bull ...
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... tone , in unfolding the details of the story and in creating the proper atmosphere for each part , Burns showed himself a master of a form which , unfortunately , he never attempted again . Meanwhile , Burns corresponded with and ...
... tone , in unfolding the details of the story and in creating the proper atmosphere for each part , Burns showed himself a master of a form which , unfortunately , he never attempted again . Meanwhile , Burns corresponded with and ...
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