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... later poetry unpredictably . Hard times at Mount Oliphant also turned his thoughts to tragedy , and ' the bursting ... later maintained that he acquired no formal knowledge at Kirkoswald , he must have learned enough mathematics to ...
... later poetry unpredictably . Hard times at Mount Oliphant also turned his thoughts to tragedy , and ' the bursting ... later maintained that he acquired no formal knowledge at Kirkoswald , he must have learned enough mathematics to ...
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... later references to Mary ) , it is hard to explain away the discovery in 1920 that a newborn infant had been buried at the foot of Mary's grave . When Mary died , in October , 1786 , she may well have died in giving birth to Burns's ...
... later references to Mary ) , it is hard to explain away the discovery in 1920 that a newborn infant had been buried at the foot of Mary's grave . When Mary died , in October , 1786 , she may well have died in giving birth to Burns's ...
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... later he wrote to the same correspondent that ' I have this day corrected my 152d page ' . In coming to an arrangement with Creech , Burns asked the advice of Henry Mackenzie , who , thinking of writing as a gentlemanly hobby rather ...
... later he wrote to the same correspondent that ' I have this day corrected my 152d page ' . In coming to an arrangement with Creech , Burns asked the advice of Henry Mackenzie , who , thinking of writing as a gentlemanly hobby rather ...
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