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... drinking song , a glorified toast to Scotland and the ordinary working Scotsman : eyes ; shut smoke sometimes Sages their solemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' season , But ...
... drinking song , a glorified toast to Scotland and the ordinary working Scotsman : eyes ; shut smoke sometimes Sages their solemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' season , But ...
Page 309
... drinking and love - making that have been handed down , not by the peasantry , but through the universities — has also remained alive in Scotland to a greater degree than in most European countries . A student who proceeds today from a ...
... drinking and love - making that have been handed down , not by the peasantry , but through the universities — has also remained alive in Scotland to a greater degree than in most European countries . A student who proceeds today from a ...
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... Drinking songs , 348 Drummond of Hawthornden , 5 , 14 Dumfries , 65 , 255 , 265 , 279 , 302 Dumfries Journal , 236 Dunbar , William , 4 , 14 , 20 , 266 " Duncan Davison " ( tune ) , 338 " Duncan Gray , " 326 Dunlop , Mrs. , 240 , 243 ...
... Drinking songs , 348 Drummond of Hawthornden , 5 , 14 Dumfries , 65 , 255 , 265 , 279 , 302 Dumfries Journal , 236 Dunbar , William , 4 , 14 , 20 , 266 " Duncan Davison " ( tune ) , 338 " Duncan Gray , " 326 Dunlop , Mrs. , 240 , 243 ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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