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... appeared in 1787 and to whose subsequent volumes Burns contributed so much. Of the books of Scots songs without music the most important was the collection by David Herd already referred to; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a ...
... appeared in 1787 and to whose subsequent volumes Burns contributed so much. Of the books of Scots songs without music the most important was the collection by David Herd already referred to; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and a ...
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... appeared three times in Church to receive public reproof for the sin of fornication. After their third appearance, on August 6, they were free of further obligation. It should be added that such appearances were frequent in Scottish ...
... appeared three times in Church to receive public reproof for the sin of fornication. After their third appearance, on August 6, they were free of further obligation. It should be added that such appearances were frequent in Scottish ...
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... appeared in Dublin and Belfast; and it was not long before there were printings in Philadelphia and New York. On the whole it can be fairly said that Burns was known and judged as a poet in his lifetime by the poems in this Edinburgh ...
... appeared in Dublin and Belfast; and it was not long before there were printings in Philadelphia and New York. On the whole it can be fairly said that Burns was known and judged as a poet in his lifetime by the poems in this Edinburgh ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
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