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... biography is largely dependent on Currie's . THE LIFE AND WORKS , edited by A. Peterkin . 4 vols . Edinburgh ( 1815 ) . A revision of Currie's edition , with an attempt to free Burns from the misrepresentations of earlier biographers ...
... biography is largely dependent on Currie's . THE LIFE AND WORKS , edited by A. Peterkin . 4 vols . Edinburgh ( 1815 ) . A revision of Currie's edition , with an attempt to free Burns from the misrepresentations of earlier biographers ...
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... biographical ' facts ' , and his life of Burns is quite unreliable . But his account of Burns had great influence ... biography , though full of brilliant insights , perpetuates the old errors about Burns's debauchery and degeneration ...
... biographical ' facts ' , and his life of Burns is quite unreliable . But his account of Burns had great influence ... biography , though full of brilliant insights , perpetuates the old errors about Burns's debauchery and degeneration ...
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... biography , but contains some important biographical material . LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS , by J. G. Lockhart ( 1828 ) . Long popular , but very inaccurate . Thomas Carlyle's famous review of Lockhart's biography , which first appeared in ...
... biography , but contains some important biographical material . LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS , by J. G. Lockhart ( 1828 ) . Long popular , but very inaccurate . Thomas Carlyle's famous review of Lockhart's biography , which first appeared in ...
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