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Page 93
... Holy Willie's Prayer next made its appearance , and alarmed the kirk - Session so much that they held three several meetings to look over their holy artillery , if any of it was pointed against profane Rhymers . Unluckily for me , my ...
... Holy Willie's Prayer next made its appearance , and alarmed the kirk - Session so much that they held three several meetings to look over their holy artillery , if any of it was pointed against profane Rhymers . Unluckily for me , my ...
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... Holy Fair , To spend an hour in daffin : Gin ye'll go there , yon runkl❜d pair , We will get famous laughin At them this day . " The stanza form , which is a simplified version of a very old Scot- tish form , used in " Christ's Kirk on ...
... Holy Fair , To spend an hour in daffin : Gin ye'll go there , yon runkl❜d pair , We will get famous laughin At them this day . " The stanza form , which is a simplified version of a very old Scot- tish form , used in " Christ's Kirk on ...
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David Daiches. The peculiar effect of having Holy Willie call himself " thy servant " while confessing in bawdy detail to sordid acts of lust projects the irony to the point where it becomes immensely comic . Holy Willie does not remain ...
David Daiches. The peculiar effect of having Holy Willie call himself " thy servant " while confessing in bawdy detail to sordid acts of lust projects the irony to the point where it becomes immensely comic . Holy Willie does not remain ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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