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In another letter to Niven , later in the same year , he is asking him how he is progressing ' in the cultivation of the finer feelings of the heart ' ; for by this time he had discovered Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and had been ...
In another letter to Niven , later in the same year , he is asking him how he is progressing ' in the cultivation of the finer feelings of the heart ' ; for by this time he had discovered Henry Mackenzie's Man of Feeling and had been ...
Page 100
... an intoxicated criminal under the hands of the executioner ' reflected his feeling of remorse in this connection . ... considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither ...
... an intoxicated criminal under the hands of the executioner ' reflected his feeling of remorse in this connection . ... considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither ...
Page 158
Clearly , if Burns's own feelings had become petrified he would not have felt the horror of petrified feeling which he expresses here ... one's feelings do become petrified one can- not escape feelings of remorse and regret .
Clearly , if Burns's own feelings had become petrified he would not have felt the horror of petrified feeling which he expresses here ... one's feelings do become petrified one can- not escape feelings of remorse and regret .
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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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