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... lively , swinging piece deriving from the Scottish folk tradition rather than from contem- porary English sentimentalists : My father was a farmer upon the Carrick border O And carefully he bred me , in decency and Order O ... This was ...
... lively , swinging piece deriving from the Scottish folk tradition rather than from contem- porary English sentimentalists : My father was a farmer upon the Carrick border O And carefully he bred me , in decency and Order O ... This was ...
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... lively , humorous poem moving adroitly towards a conclusion which is expressed with the gnomic pithiness of a country proverb . It begins with a sudden projection into the heart of the situation , as Burns addresses the louse he sees ...
... lively , humorous poem moving adroitly towards a conclusion which is expressed with the gnomic pithiness of a country proverb . It begins with a sudden projection into the heart of the situation , as Burns addresses the louse he sees ...
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... , by C. Carswell ( 1930 ) . A lively and sympathetic study by a writer who knew all the relevant facts but interpreted them sometimes rather arbitrarily . A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS , by 38 A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.
... , by C. Carswell ( 1930 ) . A lively and sympathetic study by a writer who knew all the relevant facts but interpreted them sometimes rather arbitrarily . A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS , by 38 A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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