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... Shanter , As te ofrae Ayr a night did canter : Huld dyr , wham neer a town surpasses , For honest men & bonie lasses . ) A portion of the opening page of Tam o ' Shanter in Burns's hand- writing . ( Courtesy of Rosenbach Company ) ...
... Shanter , As te ofrae Ayr a night did canter : Huld dyr , wham neer a town surpasses , For honest men & bonie lasses . ) A portion of the opening page of Tam o ' Shanter in Burns's hand- writing . ( Courtesy of Rosenbach Company ) ...
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... Shanter . " " Tam o ' Shanter " was written in 1790 for Captain Grose , the antiquary , and first appeared 3 in Grose's Antiquities of Scotland , a work " chiefly meant to illustrate and describe the ancient castles and monasteries of ...
... Shanter . " " Tam o ' Shanter " was written in 1790 for Captain Grose , the antiquary , and first appeared 3 in Grose's Antiquities of Scotland , a work " chiefly meant to illustrate and describe the ancient castles and monasteries of ...
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... Shanter's mare . And on that note of " Remember ! " - like the speech of the ghost in Hamlet - the poem comes to an end . Among the many qualities of " Tam o ' Shanter " which show Burns's technical skill in handling this kind of verse ...
... Shanter's mare . And on that note of " Remember ! " - like the speech of the ghost in Hamlet - the poem comes to an end . Among the many qualities of " Tam o ' Shanter " which show Burns's technical skill in handling this kind of verse ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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