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Page 42
... Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical and sentimental , we must remem- ber that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently encouraged the virtues ...
... Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical and sentimental , we must remem- ber that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently encouraged the virtues ...
Page 43
... Murdoch had proved dominant in Burns's development as a poet , he would have grown up to be another John Home or ... Murdoch's training in spelling and grammar was sound , and there was never a trace of rustic illiteracy about Robert's ...
... Murdoch had proved dominant in Burns's development as a poet , he would have grown up to be another John Home or ... Murdoch's training in spelling and grammar was sound , and there was never a trace of rustic illiteracy about Robert's ...
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... Murdoch's fancy phrase he ' was summoned to relinquish the pleasing scenes that surrounded the grotto of Calypso , and , armed with a sickle , to seek glory by signalizing himself in the fields of Ceres ' . This youthful heavy labour on ...
... Murdoch's fancy phrase he ' was summoned to relinquish the pleasing scenes that surrounded the grotto of Calypso , and , armed with a sickle , to seek glory by signalizing himself in the fields of Ceres ' . This youthful heavy labour on ...
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