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... contemporary men and manners , the shrewd and humorous critic of religion and politics , of human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ...
... contemporary men and manners , the shrewd and humorous critic of religion and politics , of human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ...
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... contemporary reviewers seemed the stars of the volume , ' The Cotter's Saturday Night ' and To a Mountain Daisy ' . " The Twa Dogs ' is a cunningly wrought dialogue be- tween a gentleman's dog and a humbler example of the species . Its ...
... contemporary reviewers seemed the stars of the volume , ' The Cotter's Saturday Night ' and To a Mountain Daisy ' . " The Twa Dogs ' is a cunningly wrought dialogue be- tween a gentleman's dog and a humbler example of the species . Its ...
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... contemporary sentimental views about the natural man and the noble peasant , exaggerated his lack of education , pretended to a lack of technical re- sources which was ridiculous in the light of the careful 1 Fireside . craftmanship ...
... contemporary sentimental views about the natural man and the noble peasant , exaggerated his lack of education , pretended to a lack of technical re- sources which was ridiculous in the light of the careful 1 Fireside . craftmanship ...
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