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Page 74
... less intimate with Burns but no less important for him . Hamilton was , after all , his landlord , and , friendly and convivial though he was , there was a social difference between landlord and tenant which the latter was never able ...
... less intimate with Burns but no less important for him . Hamilton was , after all , his landlord , and , friendly and convivial though he was , there was a social difference between landlord and tenant which the latter was never able ...
Page 76
... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a tiny minority by a predestinate decree of God should be so anxious to insist on rigid standards of orthodox behavior ...
... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a tiny minority by a predestinate decree of God should be so anxious to insist on rigid standards of orthodox behavior ...
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... less on the music is " Thou Ling'ring Star with Less'ning Ray , " sometimes entitled “ To Mary in Heaven " and in the Scots Musical Museum ( volume three ) entitled " My Mary , Dear Departed Shade . " This poem is written wholly in ...
... less on the music is " Thou Ling'ring Star with Less'ning Ray , " sometimes entitled “ To Mary in Heaven " and in the Scots Musical Museum ( volume three ) entitled " My Mary , Dear Departed Shade . " This poem is written wholly in ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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