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... printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love; and I saw no reason why I might not ...
... printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love; and I saw no reason why I might not ...
Page 106
... printed Proposals for publishing his poems also present interesting evidence of the attitude with which Burns contemplated publication. They run as follows: april 14th, 1786 proposals, for publishing by subscription, scotch poems by ...
... printed Proposals for publishing his poems also present interesting evidence of the attitude with which Burns contemplated publication. They run as follows: april 14th, 1786 proposals, for publishing by subscription, scotch poems by ...
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David Daiches. copyright of the poems printed in the 1787 volume, but this new edition contained twenty new poems (some fifty printed pages) including "Tam o' Shanter." Apart from "Tam" the 1793 volume contained little new material of ...
David Daiches. copyright of the poems printed in the 1787 volume, but this new edition contained twenty new poems (some fifty printed pages) including "Tam o' Shanter." Apart from "Tam" the 1793 volume contained little new material of ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
Copyright | |
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