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Page 105
... idea that I would be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears a poor Negro - driver , or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime gone to the world of Spirits . " So Burns explained the origin of the ...
... idea that I would be called a clever fellow , even though it should never reach my ears a poor Negro - driver , or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime gone to the world of Spirits . " So Burns explained the origin of the ...
Page 177
... idea of turning beggar as a last resort . As in the first stanza , the last four lines mark the transition to the next verse . He proceeds to elaborate his idea of going begging : To lie in kilns and barns at e'en , When banes are craz ...
... idea of turning beggar as a last resort . As in the first stanza , the last four lines mark the transition to the next verse . He proceeds to elaborate his idea of going begging : To lie in kilns and barns at e'en , When banes are craz ...
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... idea at this time of how he wanted to earn his livelihood in the future . He naturally wanted to continue his career as a poet , but he seems never seriously to have contem- plated making his living by his pen . " The appelation of , a ...
... idea at this time of how he wanted to earn his livelihood in the future . He naturally wanted to continue his career as a poet , but he seems never seriously to have contem- plated making his living by his pen . " The appelation of , a ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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