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... situation of Scottish culture in his own day accounts for his split personality . The latter half of the eighteenth century was not a propitious time for a Scottish poet , and Burns's achievement becomes all the greater when one ...
... situation of Scottish culture in his own day accounts for his split personality . The latter half of the eighteenth century was not a propitious time for a Scottish poet , and Burns's achievement becomes all the greater when one ...
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... situation became even more confused . What happened was that standard southern English became more and more the language used by Scotsmen when ли Eng . writing , although they continued to speak their native Scots BURNS 9.
... situation became even more confused . What happened was that standard southern English became more and more the language used by Scotsmen when ли Eng . writing , although they continued to speak their native Scots BURNS 9.
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... situation , as Burns addresses the louse he sees crawling on a lady's bonnet in church : Ha ! whare ye gaun , ye crowlin3 ferlie1 ! The lady , unconscious of the ' ugly , creepin , blastit wonner ' crawling on the back of her bonnet ...
... situation , as Burns addresses the louse he sees crawling on a lady's bonnet in church : Ha ! whare ye gaun , ye crowlin3 ferlie1 ! The lady , unconscious of the ' ugly , creepin , blastit wonner ' crawling on the back of her bonnet ...
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