Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 70
... remarkable self - portrait of Burns reveling in sentimental literature and posing as the proud yet benevolent observer of man- kind . Yet it is not the complete picture . The other side is revealed in the poetry he was writing at this ...
... remarkable self - portrait of Burns reveling in sentimental literature and posing as the proud yet benevolent observer of man- kind . Yet it is not the complete picture . The other side is revealed in the poetry he was writing at this ...
Page 236
... remarkable among his various attain- ments , than the fluency , and precision , and originality of his lan- guage , when he spoke in company ; more particularly as he aimed at purity in his turn of expression , and avoided more ...
... remarkable among his various attain- ments , than the fluency , and precision , and originality of his lan- guage , when he spoke in company ; more particularly as he aimed at purity in his turn of expression , and avoided more ...
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... remarkable plea , addressed to William Pitt , on behalf of the distillers of Scotland , then suffering from " a most partial tax laid on by the House of Commons , to favour a few opulent English Distil- lers . " The letter appeared ...
... remarkable plea , addressed to William Pitt , on behalf of the distillers of Scotland , then suffering from " a most partial tax laid on by the House of Commons , to favour a few opulent English Distil- lers . " The letter appeared ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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