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... side of Scotland in an endeavour to improve his for- tunes , but though he worked immensely hard first on the farm of Lochlie which he leased in 1765 and then on that of Mount Oliphant which he took in 1777 , ill - luck dogged him ...
... side of Scotland in an endeavour to improve his for- tunes , but though he worked immensely hard first on the farm of Lochlie which he leased in 1765 and then on that of Mount Oliphant which he took in 1777 , ill - luck dogged him ...
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... side by side ' To a Louse ' , ' To a Mouse ' , and ' To a Mountain Daisy ' . The first is easily the best , a bright , lively , humorous poem moving adroitly towards a conclusion which is expressed with the gnomic pithiness of a country ...
... side by side ' To a Louse ' , ' To a Mouse ' , and ' To a Mountain Daisy ' . The first is easily the best , a bright , lively , humorous poem moving adroitly towards a conclusion which is expressed with the gnomic pithiness of a country ...
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... side of his poetic genius was " Tam o ' Shanter ' , a magnificently spirited narrative poem based on a folk legend associated with Alloway Kirk . The poem is in octosyllabic couplets , and in variations of speed and tone , in unfolding ...
... side of his poetic genius was " Tam o ' Shanter ' , a magnificently spirited narrative poem based on a folk legend associated with Alloway Kirk . The poem is in octosyllabic couplets , and in variations of speed and tone , in unfolding ...
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