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Page 101
... wrote for Mary nothing that has the personal urgency and the note of protective tenderness of some of the songs he wrote for Jean ; and what he wrote after Mary's death sounds a note of passionate self - reproach in an oddly conven ...
... wrote for Mary nothing that has the personal urgency and the note of protective tenderness of some of the songs he wrote for Jean ; and what he wrote after Mary's death sounds a note of passionate self - reproach in an oddly conven ...
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... wrote to Graham of Fintry asking him to support his application " to be admitted an Officer of Excise , " and in February he wrote in similar terms to the Earl of Glencairn ; neither application brought an immediate result , though he ...
... wrote to Graham of Fintry asking him to support his application " to be admitted an Officer of Excise , " and in February he wrote in similar terms to the Earl of Glencairn ; neither application brought an immediate result , though he ...
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... wrote in Scots he wrote well . The " Elegy on Capt . M― H— ” ( Matthew Henderson ) , though in Scots and in the " Standard Habbie " stanza form , is a life- less performance - almost a literal rendering into Scots of the most artificial ...
... wrote in Scots he wrote well . The " Elegy on Capt . M― H— ” ( Matthew Henderson ) , though in Scots and in the " Standard Habbie " stanza form , is a life- less performance - almost a literal rendering into Scots of the most artificial ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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