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Page 104
... become a real poet . The Kilmarnock volume contained only a selection of Burns's out- put up to 1786 , and some of his best pieces were omitted from it . It was , nevertheless , a remarkable volume - one of the most remark- able first ...
... become a real poet . The Kilmarnock volume contained only a selection of Burns's out- put up to 1786 , and some of his best pieces were omitted from it . It was , nevertheless , a remarkable volume - one of the most remark- able first ...
Page 148
... become a piece of gesturing for a genteel audience . We do not need the overt , sentimental moralizing of the second ... becomes tedious in spite of the lively movement and the skillfully manipulated verse . There follows " The Auld ...
... become a piece of gesturing for a genteel audience . We do not need the overt , sentimental moralizing of the second ... becomes tedious in spite of the lively movement and the skillfully manipulated verse . There follows " The Auld ...
Page 357
... become the traditional song among English - speaking peoples for bidding farewell to the old year and hailing the new are evidence of the success with which Burns was able to present the theme of " ricordarsi del tempo felice " through ...
... become the traditional song among English - speaking peoples for bidding farewell to the old year and hailing the new are evidence of the success with which Burns was able to present the theme of " ricordarsi del tempo felice " through ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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