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... Death and in which Death complains that he is being forced out of business by " Jock Hornbook , " whose medicines are killing off far more people than he ( Death ) can kill . The interest and value of the poem , however , lie less in ...
... Death and in which Death complains that he is being forced out of business by " Jock Hornbook , " whose medicines are killing off far more people than he ( Death ) can kill . The interest and value of the poem , however , lie less in ...
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... Death is described with a cheerful nonchalance which , while not underestimating the eeriness of the situation , makes clear that the poet was in a mood to accept anything that might happen to him with genial curiosity . His greeting to ...
... Death is described with a cheerful nonchalance which , while not underestimating the eeriness of the situation , makes clear that the poet was in a mood to accept anything that might happen to him with genial curiosity . His greeting to ...
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... Death because Dr. Hornbook , having read his Buchan's Domestic Medicine and other such works , has made them immune to disease is amusing and good natured enough , and done with a lively precision of imagery ; but the poem does not ...
... Death because Dr. Hornbook , having read his Buchan's Domestic Medicine and other such works , has made them immune to disease is amusing and good natured enough , and done with a lively precision of imagery ; but the poem does not ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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