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Scottish literature has always had a particular aptness for handling animal stories : Robert Henryson in the fifteenth century had in his Fables treated his animal characters with a much more lively human feeling than was usual in the ...
Scottish literature has always had a particular aptness for handling animal stories : Robert Henryson in the fifteenth century had in his Fables treated his animal characters with a much more lively human feeling than was usual in the ...
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of animal poems and gains its effect by the lively manner in which the human emotions are attributed to animals : ... And now , my bairns , wi ' my last breath , I lea'e my blessin wi ' you baith : An ' when ye think upo ' your Mither ...
of animal poems and gains its effect by the lively manner in which the human emotions are attributed to animals : ... And now , my bairns , wi ' my last breath , I lea'e my blessin wi ' you baith : An ' when ye think upo ' your Mither ...
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... detract from the genuineness of the emotion conveyed : slyest ; humorous plunder wizard Dear Smith , the sleest , paukie thief , That e'er attempted stealth or rief , Ye surely hae some warlock - breef Owre human hearts ; For ne'er ...
... detract from the genuineness of the emotion conveyed : slyest ; humorous plunder wizard Dear Smith , the sleest , paukie thief , That e'er attempted stealth or rief , Ye surely hae some warlock - breef Owre human hearts ; For ne'er ...
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