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Page 73
... lively village which boasted several lively char- acters : Gavin Hamilton , liberal , friendly , opponent of the old order in Church discipline ; “ Daddy Auld , " the parish minister , elderly and zealous upholder of good old ...
... lively village which boasted several lively char- acters : Gavin Hamilton , liberal , friendly , opponent of the old order in Church discipline ; “ Daddy Auld , " the parish minister , elderly and zealous upholder of good old ...
Page 84
... lively , self - assertive song , set to an equally lively reel tune . It clearly reveals Burns's social sensitivity as it operated in his love affairs . If he grew interested in a girl who came from a family of greater wealth or higher ...
... lively , self - assertive song , set to an equally lively reel tune . It clearly reveals Burns's social sensitivity as it operated in his love affairs . If he grew interested in a girl who came from a family of greater wealth or higher ...
Page 248
... lively and robust quarreling of the bridges ; but the Edinburgh literati must have liked it . What has happened here is precisely what happened in " A Vision " ( to which , incidentally , Burns added new verses in this edition ) : a ...
... lively and robust quarreling of the bridges ; but the Edinburgh literati must have liked it . What has happened here is precisely what happened in " A Vision " ( to which , incidentally , Burns added new verses in this edition ) : a ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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