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... human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical ...
... human character , of the Scotland of his day . This is the Burns who wrote ' Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical ...
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... humanity caught in the act , of Fergusson in his ability to render the colour and absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the 32 BURNS.
... humanity caught in the act , of Fergusson in his ability to render the colour and absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the 32 BURNS.
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David Daiches. absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the heir of the people , of the lost authors of Scotland's folk - songs , whose fragments he gathered in , like a god gathering the remnants of a shattered world to re ...
David Daiches. absurdity of human behaviour . And he was also the heir of the people , of the lost authors of Scotland's folk - songs , whose fragments he gathered in , like a god gathering the remnants of a shattered world to re ...
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