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Page 48
... seems to have acquired a smattering of Latin from ' Mr. Robinson , the established writing - master in Ayr , and Mr. Murdoch's particular friend ' , but , though he learned enough to quote a few tags in later poems and letters , he ...
... seems to have acquired a smattering of Latin from ' Mr. Robinson , the established writing - master in Ayr , and Mr. Murdoch's particular friend ' , but , though he learned enough to quote a few tags in later poems and letters , he ...
Page 92
... seems probable that he promised her marriage ; one of the Bibles which they appear to have exchanged , its end papers containing inscriptions in Burns's hand dealing with the sanctity of promises , is extant , though the names of Robert ...
... seems probable that he promised her marriage ; one of the Bibles which they appear to have exchanged , its end papers containing inscriptions in Burns's hand dealing with the sanctity of promises , is extant , though the names of Robert ...
Page 101
... seems never to have doubted . ' I can truly say ' , he adds in the same letter , ' that pauvre Inconnu as I then was , I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and my works as I have at this moment [ August , 1787 ] ' . We have ...
... seems never to have doubted . ' I can truly say ' , he adds in the same letter , ' that pauvre Inconnu as I then was , I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and my works as I have at this moment [ August , 1787 ] ' . We have ...
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