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... farm of Mount Oliphant , a few miles west of Alloway , in 1765 , and when , through no fault of his own , he found himself unable to make it pay , he took in 1777 , at a grossly inflated rental , the farm of Lochlie , some ten miles ...
... farm of Mount Oliphant , a few miles west of Alloway , in 1765 , and when , through no fault of his own , he found himself unable to make it pay , he took in 1777 , at a grossly inflated rental , the farm of Lochlie , some ten miles ...
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... farm house with William and Agnes Burnes . Robert and Gilbert had to take their share of the farm work ; Murdoch testified that Robert was doing a man's work on the farm by the time he was fifteen . He must have been doing heavy enough ...
... farm house with William and Agnes Burnes . Robert and Gilbert had to take their share of the farm work ; Murdoch testified that Robert was doing a man's work on the farm by the time he was fifteen . He must have been doing heavy enough ...
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... farm with a full resolution , “ Come , go to , I will be wise ! ' [ wrote Burns in the autobiographical letter ] ... farm of Mossgiel lies very high , and mostly on a cold wet bottom , " wrote Gilbert . " The first four years we were on ...
... farm with a full resolution , “ Come , go to , I will be wise ! ' [ wrote Burns in the autobiographical letter ] ... farm of Mossgiel lies very high , and mostly on a cold wet bottom , " wrote Gilbert . " The first four years we were on ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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