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Page 48
... give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignifi- cant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same village . - My young Superiours never ...
... give the young Great man that proper , decent , unnoticing disregard for the poor , insignifi- cant , stupid devils , the mechanics and peasantry around him ; who perhaps were born in the same village . - My young Superiours never ...
Page 80
... give it all for Nanie , O The westlin win ' blaws loud & shrill , The night's baith dark & rainy O ; But I'll get my plaid & out I'll steal And o'er the hill to Nanie O. continues in this simple folk idiom for another seven verses , the ...
... give it all for Nanie , O The westlin win ' blaws loud & shrill , The night's baith dark & rainy O ; But I'll get my plaid & out I'll steal And o'er the hill to Nanie O. continues in this simple folk idiom for another seven verses , the ...
Page 157
... give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality . The rhyming of ' attained ' with ' strainéd ' is perhaps a little forced , with its unconventional pronunciation , but the very fact that these words are the rhyme words gives them a ...
... give a sense of speed rather than of artificiality . The rhyming of ' attained ' with ' strainéd ' is perhaps a little forced , with its unconventional pronunciation , but the very fact that these words are the rhyme words gives them a ...
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