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... William Burnes had not come south from Kincardine in any spirit of idle adventure . He had come with reluctance , after his own father's farming prospects had been ruined by the uncertainties pro- duced by the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 ...
... William Burnes had not come south from Kincardine in any spirit of idle adventure . He had come with reluctance , after his own father's farming prospects had been ruined by the uncertainties pro- duced by the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 ...
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... William Burnes as he heard the young tutor reading that bloody play to his children and whether it was courtesy toward his guest or genuine displeasure at Robert's attitude which made him start to chide Robert ; one suspects it was the ...
... William Burnes as he heard the young tutor reading that bloody play to his children and whether it was courtesy toward his guest or genuine displeasure at Robert's attitude which made him start to chide Robert ; one suspects it was the ...
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... William ( “ During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea , " wrote Gilbert , " he [ William Burnes ] allowed my brother and me such wages for our labour as he gave to other labour- ers " ) and so they were preferred ...
... William ( “ During the whole of the time we lived in the farm of Lochlea , " wrote Gilbert , " he [ William Burnes ] allowed my brother and me such wages for our labour as he gave to other labour- ers " ) and so they were preferred ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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