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Page 72
But they had taken the pre- caution of having every member of the family properly recognized as employees of William ( ' During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my ...
But they had taken the pre- caution of having every member of the family properly recognized as employees of William ( ' During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea ' , wrote Gilbert , ' he [ William Burnes ] allowed my ...
Page 140
These are severe words , but on the whole they are justified , even though the point is not that Pope , Thomson , Goldsmith , ' and even Milton ' ( why the influence of Milton should be surprising is not clear ) influenced Burns's style ...
These are severe words , but on the whole they are justified , even though the point is not that Pope , Thomson , Goldsmith , ' and even Milton ' ( why the influence of Milton should be surprising is not clear ) influenced Burns's style ...
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This is the central stanza of the poem , on which the whole pivots . We are held by this romantic figure of the horseman bidding an eternal fare- well to his love , and in the last two verses the poem turns into a personal love elegy ...
This is the central stanza of the poem , on which the whole pivots . We are held by this romantic figure of the horseman bidding an eternal fare- well to his love , and in the last two verses the poem turns into a personal love elegy ...
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