Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 46
... give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignificant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same village . My young Superiours never insulted ...
... give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignificant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same village . My young Superiours never insulted ...
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... give some faint shadow of what was the situation of my bosom . - My chained faculties broke loose ; my maddening passions , roused to ten - fold fury , bore over their banks with impetuous , resistless force , carrying every check ...
... give some faint shadow of what was the situation of my bosom . - My chained faculties broke loose ; my maddening passions , roused to ten - fold fury , bore over their banks with impetuous , resistless force , carrying every check ...
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... give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality . The rhyming of “ attained " with " strained " is perhaps a little forced , with its unconversational pro- nunciation , but the very fact that these words are the rhyme words gives ...
... give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality . The rhyming of “ attained " with " strained " is perhaps a little forced , with its unconversational pro- nunciation , but the very fact that these words are the rhyme words gives ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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