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... appeared in 1787 and to whose sub- sequent volumes Burns contributed so much . Of the books of Scots songs without music the most important was the collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and ...
... appeared in 1787 and to whose sub- sequent volumes Burns contributed so much . Of the books of Scots songs without music the most important was the collection by David Herd already referred to ; Herd's first edition appeared in 1769 and ...
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... appeared three times in Church to receive public reproof for the sin of fornication . After their third appearance , on August 6 , they were free of further obligation . It should be added that such appearances were frequent in Scottish ...
... appeared three times in Church to receive public reproof for the sin of fornication . After their third appearance , on August 6 , they were free of further obligation . It should be added that such appearances were frequent in Scottish ...
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... appeared in Dublin and Belfast ; and it was not long before there were print- ings in Philadelphia and New York . On the whole it can be fairly said that Burns was known and judged as a poet in his lifetime by the poems in this ...
... appeared in Dublin and Belfast ; and it was not long before there were print- ings in Philadelphia and New York . On the whole it can be fairly said that Burns was known and judged as a poet in his lifetime by the poems in this ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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