Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... Burns , became his friend and patron and served as another impor- tant link between Mossgiel and the genteel world . Richmond , Smith , and Burns became the lads of the village , out to " épater les bourgeois , " in which enterprise ...
... Burns , became his friend and patron and served as another impor- tant link between Mossgiel and the genteel world . Richmond , Smith , and Burns became the lads of the village , out to " épater les bourgeois , " in which enterprise ...
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... Burns's first biographer and an ardent prohibi- tionist who ( presumably believing that the end justified the means ) used his life of Burns to further the prohibitionist cause . Burns was never a drunkard , and drink had nothing ...
... Burns's first biographer and an ardent prohibi- tionist who ( presumably believing that the end justified the means ) used his life of Burns to further the prohibitionist cause . Burns was never a drunkard , and drink had nothing ...
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... Burns made by one of Scotland's foremost critics . We have already noted Burns's meeting with James Johnson in April , 1787 , and his subsequent undertaking to furnish Johnson with songs for his Scots Musical Museum , which eventually ...
... Burns made by one of Scotland's foremost critics . We have already noted Burns's meeting with James Johnson in April , 1787 , and his subsequent undertaking to furnish Johnson with songs for his Scots Musical Museum , which eventually ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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