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Page 126
... suggestion that even the devil might perhaps repent and escape from ' yon den ' is not the mere sentimentality that some critics have believed it to be : it is a satiric thrust at the Calvinist view adroitly disguised as a piece of ...
... suggestion that even the devil might perhaps repent and escape from ' yon den ' is not the mere sentimentality that some critics have believed it to be : it is a satiric thrust at the Calvinist view adroitly disguised as a piece of ...
Page 160
... suggestion of pomposity from the moralizing : In ploughman phrase , ' God send you speed , ' Still daily to grow wiser ; And may ye better reck the rede , Than ever did th ' adviser ! Burns's success in achieving conversational rhythms ...
... suggestion of pomposity from the moralizing : In ploughman phrase , ' God send you speed , ' Still daily to grow wiser ; And may ye better reck the rede , Than ever did th ' adviser ! Burns's success in achieving conversational rhythms ...
Page 245
... suggestion that he married Jean out of affection and good nature is probably true enough . He was fond of her , he liked the idea of being married and settling down with his family ; but the fact remains that , for all Jean's ability to ...
... suggestion that he married Jean out of affection and good nature is probably true enough . He was fond of her , he liked the idea of being married and settling down with his family ; but the fact remains that , for all Jean's ability to ...
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