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Page 104
... Kilmarnock volume contained only a selection of Burns's output up to 1786, and some of his best pieces were omitted from it. It was, nevertheless, a remarkable volume — one of the most remarkable first volumes ever published by a ...
... Kilmarnock volume contained only a selection of Burns's output up to 1786, and some of his best pieces were omitted from it. It was, nevertheless, a remarkable volume — one of the most remarkable first volumes ever published by a ...
Page 105
... farewell gesture is clear from the whole pattern of his behavior with respect to the book. Burns seems early to have formed the habit of thinking of himself as a Poet with a capital "P." As early as 105 Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume.
... farewell gesture is clear from the whole pattern of his behavior with respect to the book. Burns seems early to have formed the habit of thinking of himself as a Poet with a capital "P." As early as 105 Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume.
Page 189
... much more persuasive his account of his misfortunes is in this poem than in the self-dramatizations of "To a Mountain Daisy" and "To Ruin": He saw Misfortune's cauld nor-west Lang mustering up a bitter 189 THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME.
... much more persuasive his account of his misfortunes is in this poem than in the self-dramatizations of "To a Mountain Daisy" and "To Ruin": He saw Misfortune's cauld nor-west Lang mustering up a bitter 189 THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME.
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
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