Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 42
Page 10
... collection of Scots poems , both old and new , some in the vernacu- lar , some in standard English . It is clear from Watson's introduction that the poems in the vernacular constituted the raison d'ĂȘtre of the collection , and the ...
... collection of Scots poems , both old and new , some in the vernacu- lar , some in standard English . It is clear from Watson's introduction that the poems in the vernacular constituted the raison d'ĂȘtre of the collection , and the ...
Page 21
... collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a second enlarged edition in two volumes in 1776. There were also many collections of the tunes alone , arranged for a variety of instru- ments ...
... collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a second enlarged edition in two volumes in 1776. There were also many collections of the tunes alone , arranged for a variety of instru- ments ...
Page 38
... Collection , one of my school - books . " Masson's Collection played a most important part in Burns's liter- ary education . From it he learned what serious and respectable lit- erature ought to be ; it gave him an insight into the ...
... Collection , one of my school - books . " Masson's Collection played a most important part in Burns's liter- ary education . From it he learned what serious and respectable lit- erature ought to be ; it gave him an insight into the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Allan Ramsay appeared auld lang syne ballad Bard Beggars bonie Burns's songs chorus collection Commonplace Book David Herd David Hume dear death drinking Edinburgh edition effect eighteenth-century Ellisland English Epistle farm farmer feeling Fergusson frae Gavin Hamilton genteel Gilbert Green Grow happy heart Highland Hugh Blair Jacobite Jean John Johnson Kilmarnock volume kind Kirk Lapraik lasses letter lines literary tradition literature lively Mary Mauchline melody mood moral Mossgiel moves Murdoch Muse Museum ne'er neoclassic never night o'er owre patriotic piece poem poet poet's poetic poetry poor pride printed Ramsay Ramsay's remarkable rhyme Robert Burns rustic satire Scotch Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish literature sentimental Shanter sing social stanza sung Tarbolton thee theme Thomson thou thro tion turn Watson William Burnes words writing written wrote young