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Page 55
The first four years seem to have been happy enough , perhaps ( as tradition affirms and Dr. Snyder agrees ) the happiest ever enjoyed by the Burns family as a whole . The villages of Tarbolton and Mauchline were both near by , and they ...
The first four years seem to have been happy enough , perhaps ( as tradition affirms and Dr. Snyder agrees ) the happiest ever enjoyed by the Burns family as a whole . The villages of Tarbolton and Mauchline were both near by , and they ...
Page 156
... A something to have sent you , Tho'it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento : But how the subject - theme may gang , Let time and chance determine : Perhaps it may turn out a sang ; Perhaps , turn out a sermon .
... A something to have sent you , Tho'it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento : But how the subject - theme may gang , Let time and chance determine : Perhaps it may turn out a sang ; Perhaps , turn out a sermon .
Page 159
This stanza shows perhaps more than any other how completely , in his moral and religious attitudes , Burns was a child of his period . His real quarrel with Scottish Calvinism was based on his attempt to apply to it the principles of a ...
This stanza shows perhaps more than any other how completely , in his moral and religious attitudes , Burns was a child of his period . His real quarrel with Scottish Calvinism was based on his attempt to apply to it the principles of a ...
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