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Page 51
... pride at work here - one of the many aspects of the pride which he himself diagnosed as one of the main constituents of his character - and the pride in this case was both social and literary . He , the son of a tenant farmer , would ...
... pride at work here - one of the many aspects of the pride which he himself diagnosed as one of the main constituents of his character - and the pride in this case was both social and literary . He , the son of a tenant farmer , would ...
Page 61
... pride ( which properly joined with other qualities is ' part of the noblest virtues ' ) , and phrases like ' generous , frank , open ' emerge from the torn page to suggest that Burns was discussing human nature and his ideal of good ...
... pride ( which properly joined with other qualities is ' part of the noblest virtues ' ) , and phrases like ' generous , frank , open ' emerge from the torn page to suggest that Burns was discussing human nature and his ideal of good ...
Page 102
... pride in Poets is nae sin ; Glory's the Prize for which they rin , And Fame's their jo ; And wha blaws best the Horn ... pride ' , ' glory ' , and ' fame ' are precise words , and they appear in three successive lines of the Ramsay ...
... pride in Poets is nae sin ; Glory's the Prize for which they rin , And Fame's their jo ; And wha blaws best the Horn ... pride ' , ' glory ' , and ' fame ' are precise words , and they appear in three successive lines of the Ramsay ...
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