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... The contrast between the vulgarity of the insect and the social pretentiousness of the lady is developed with humorous 1Perhaps . 2 Sad . 3 Crawling . 4 Wonder . irony until suddenly Burns drops his pose of outraged observer BURNS 23.
... The contrast between the vulgarity of the insect and the social pretentiousness of the lady is developed with humorous 1Perhaps . 2 Sad . 3 Crawling . 4 Wonder . irony until suddenly Burns drops his pose of outraged observer BURNS 23.
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... social outcasts and put into their mouths roaring songs of social defiance and swaggering independence . There was always a streak of pure anarchism in Burns , and here he associates it with conviviality in a characteristic way . All ...
... social outcasts and put into their mouths roaring songs of social defiance and swaggering independence . There was always a streak of pure anarchism in Burns , and here he associates it with conviviality in a characteristic way . All ...
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... social and intellectual capacities was wearing him down . After trying for a long time , he finally obtained a post in the excise service in 1789 , and in 1791 he moved to Dumfries , where he lived until his death in July 1796 , caused ...
... social and intellectual capacities was wearing him down . After trying for a long time , he finally obtained a post in the excise service in 1789 , and in 1791 he moved to Dumfries , where he lived until his death in July 1796 , caused ...
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