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... Murdoch in his stead . " Murdoch was a priggish and pedantic young man of eighteen , who was boarded in turns by William Burnes and his fellow farmers while he instructed their children . In a letter written in 1799 , Murdoch gave his ...
... Murdoch in his stead . " Murdoch was a priggish and pedantic young man of eighteen , who was boarded in turns by William Burnes and his fellow farmers while he instructed their children . In a letter written in 1799 , Murdoch gave his ...
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... Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical , and sentimental , we must remember that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently encouraged the virtues ...
... Murdoch introduced young Robert tended on the whole to be formal , rhetorical , and sentimental , we must remember that it did include Shakespeare and Milton and also that Murdoch's manner of teaching consistently encouraged the virtues ...
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... Murdoch's account of Burns's early education by going to the accounts given by Robert himself and by his brother Gilbert . " The two first books I ever read in private , " wrote Robert in his autobiographical letter , " and which gave ...
... Murdoch's account of Burns's early education by going to the accounts given by Robert himself and by his brother Gilbert . " The two first books I ever read in private , " wrote Robert in his autobiographical letter , " and which gave ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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