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Page 103
... perhaps unfortunate , but it was understandable . A country poet whose audience had hitherto been restricted to friends and neighbours in his own corner of Scotland , a poet , moreover , with little of the formal education which he ...
... perhaps unfortunate , but it was understandable . A country poet whose audience had hitherto been restricted to friends and neighbours in his own corner of Scotland , a poet , moreover , with little of the formal education which he ...
Page 156
... Perhaps it may turn out a sang ; Perhaps , turn out a sermon . After this introductory stanza , Burns proceeds to moralize about man and his propensities for good and evil , but the moralizing proceeds so unselfconsciously , follows the ...
... Perhaps it may turn out a sang ; Perhaps , turn out a sermon . After this introductory stanza , Burns proceeds to moralize about man and his propensities for good and evil , but the moralizing proceeds so unselfconsciously , follows the ...
Page 159
... perhaps more than any other how completely , in his moral and religious attitudes , Burns was a child of his period . His real quarrel with Scottish Calvinism was based on his attempt to apply to it the principles of a simple ...
... perhaps more than any other how completely , in his moral and religious attitudes , Burns was a child of his period . His real quarrel with Scottish Calvinism was based on his attempt to apply to it the principles of a simple ...
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