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Page 141
The praise of rustic good , the oblique criticism of luxurious living , is here in Fergusson as it is in ' The Cotter's Saturday Night , but it is brought in naturally and without posturing ; this is true , also , of Fergusson's ...
The praise of rustic good , the oblique criticism of luxurious living , is here in Fergusson as it is in ' The Cotter's Saturday Night , but it is brought in naturally and without posturing ; this is true , also , of Fergusson's ...
Page 208
We can quote Carlyle : “ The blanket of the Night is drawn asunder for a moment ; in full , ruddy , flaming light , these rougb tatterdemalions are seen in their boisterous revel ; for the strong pulse of Life vindicates its right to ...
We can quote Carlyle : “ The blanket of the Night is drawn asunder for a moment ; in full , ruddy , flaming light , these rougb tatterdemalions are seen in their boisterous revel ; for the strong pulse of Life vindicates its right to ...
Page 253
And all the time Tam , growing more and more unconscious of the demands of domesticity , morality , or even selfpreservation , is drinking happily at the bar with his cronies : But to our tale : Ae market - night , Tam had got planted ...
And all the time Tam , growing more and more unconscious of the demands of domesticity , morality , or even selfpreservation , is drinking happily at the bar with his cronies : But to our tale : Ae market - night , Tam had got planted ...
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