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Page 235
... wrote a long account of Burns in Edinburgh to Dr. Currie when the latter was preparing his edition of Burns's works. "His manners," wrote Stewart, "were then, as they continued ever afterwards, simple, manly, and independent; strongly ...
... wrote a long account of Burns in Edinburgh to Dr. Currie when the latter was preparing his edition of Burns's works. "His manners," wrote Stewart, "were then, as they continued ever afterwards, simple, manly, and independent; strongly ...
Page 264
... wrote to Graham of Fintry asking him to support his application "to be admitted an Officer of Excise," and in February he wrote in similar terms to the Earl of Glencairn; neither application brought an immediate result, though he seems ...
... wrote to Graham of Fintry asking him to support his application "to be admitted an Officer of Excise," and in February he wrote in similar terms to the Earl of Glencairn; neither application brought an immediate result, though he seems ...
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... wrote in Scots he wrote well. The "Elegy on Capt. M H " (Matthew Henderson), though in Scots and in the "Standard Habbie" stanza form, is a lifeless performance — almost a literal rendering into Scots of the most artificial kind of ...
... wrote in Scots he wrote well. The "Elegy on Capt. M H " (Matthew Henderson), though in Scots and in the "Standard Habbie" stanza form, is a lifeless performance — almost a literal rendering into Scots of the most artificial kind of ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
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