Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... Hamilton , in his verse letters to Allan Ramsay , began the tradi- tion of familiar verse epistles in the dialect , a tradition that Burns was to bring to its culmination toward the end of the century . Hamilton's third contribution was ...
... Hamilton , in his verse letters to Allan Ramsay , began the tradi- tion of familiar verse epistles in the dialect , a tradition that Burns was to bring to its culmination toward the end of the century . Hamilton's third contribution was ...
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... Hamilton , who admired Burns's . poems and encouraged his revolt against the sterner aspects of Calvinist church discipline which were still dominant in rural Scotland , and his proximity to Mauchline , where he found other friends and ...
... Hamilton , who admired Burns's . poems and encouraged his revolt against the sterner aspects of Calvinist church discipline which were still dominant in rural Scotland , and his proximity to Mauchline , where he found other friends and ...
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... Hamilton in the Kil- marnock volume . But Hamilton was in church matters a Moderate , a man who believed in humanitarian behavior rather than in Cal- vinist doctrine , and , further , he had become involved in a dispute with the Kirk ...
... Hamilton in the Kil- marnock volume . But Hamilton was in church matters a Moderate , a man who believed in humanitarian behavior rather than in Cal- vinist doctrine , and , further , he had become involved in a dispute with the Kirk ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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