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Page 74
... poet was ready with his poetic ammunition to support Hamilton's cause and make his persecutors ridiculous through- out the countryside . Aiken was both a man of the world and a senti- mentalist ; he was genuinely fond of the young farmer - ...
... poet was ready with his poetic ammunition to support Hamilton's cause and make his persecutors ridiculous through- out the countryside . Aiken was both a man of the world and a senti- mentalist ; he was genuinely fond of the young farmer - ...
Page 170
... poetic habits and ambitions . He is replying to a flattering letter from ' Winsome Willie ' , and from a deprecation ... poet of his native Ayrshire : up Ramsay an ' famous Ferguson Gied Forth an ' Tay a lift aboon ; Yarrow an ' Tweed ...
... poetic habits and ambitions . He is replying to a flattering letter from ' Winsome Willie ' , and from a deprecation ... poet of his native Ayrshire : up Ramsay an ' famous Ferguson Gied Forth an ' Tay a lift aboon ; Yarrow an ' Tweed ...
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... poet , of astonishing liveliness and verve , whose genius was nourished by the poetic traditions of his own people and whose work was sometimes enriched and more often corrupted by an intermittent effort to absorb the English poetic ...
... poet , of astonishing liveliness and verve , whose genius was nourished by the poetic traditions of his own people and whose work was sometimes enriched and more often corrupted by an intermittent effort to absorb the English poetic ...
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