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Page 87
Whatever the precise nature of the form which the two lovers appear to have gone through , it is clear that had they sub- sequently mutually acknowledged each other as husband and wife the marriage would have been wholly legal .
Whatever the precise nature of the form which the two lovers appear to have gone through , it is clear that had they sub- sequently mutually acknowledged each other as husband and wife the marriage would have been wholly legal .
Page 153
In the seventh verse Burns returns to the bridge he had built earlier and in a deft turn to the poem makes clear its real subject : alone awry But , Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain : The best - laid ...
In the seventh verse Burns returns to the bridge he had built earlier and in a deft turn to the poem makes clear its real subject : alone awry But , Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain : The best - laid ...
Page 287
... what effect the slightest change had on its charac- ter . It is clear that Burns did not have a good singing voice , but it is equally clear that he had an excellent ear . There THE SONGS 287.
... what effect the slightest change had on its charac- ter . It is clear that Burns did not have a good singing voice , but it is equally clear that he had an excellent ear . There THE SONGS 287.
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| Title | Robert Burns |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Apr 2006 |
| Length | 334 pages |
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