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... sense of colour and richness in daily popular life , the wit and irony and sense of fun which we find in Fergusson are all qualities to be found to some degree in Ramsay and to a great degree in Burns . Fergusson drew his inspiration ...
... sense of colour and richness in daily popular life , the wit and irony and sense of fun which we find in Fergusson are all qualities to be found to some degree in Ramsay and to a great degree in Burns . Fergusson drew his inspiration ...
Page 169
... sense of resolution with which he does it . For a brief moment we look at the situation from the point of view of the overmastered pen . As usual , it does not take long for Burns to work the poem into a confession of faith . Before we ...
... sense of resolution with which he does it . For a brief moment we look at the situation from the point of view of the overmastered pen . As usual , it does not take long for Burns to work the poem into a confession of faith . Before we ...
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... sense must be nonsense ' , Orthodox ! That ' what is no sense must be nonsense ' . Doctor Mac ! Doctor Mac ! you should streek on a rack , To strike evil - doers wi ' terror : To join Faith and Sense , upon any pretence , Was heretic ...
... sense must be nonsense ' , Orthodox ! That ' what is no sense must be nonsense ' . Doctor Mac ! Doctor Mac ! you should streek on a rack , To strike evil - doers wi ' terror : To join Faith and Sense , upon any pretence , Was heretic ...
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