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... interest in the Scottish tradition . This time he is discussing the characteristic of Scots songs : There is a certain irregularity in the old Scotch Songs , a redundancy of syllables with respect to that exactness of accent & measure ...
... interest in the Scottish tradition . This time he is discussing the characteristic of Scots songs : There is a certain irregularity in the old Scotch Songs , a redundancy of syllables with respect to that exactness of accent & measure ...
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... interest . ” Dr. Adair de- scribed also a visit from the ninety - year - old Mrs. Bruce , supposedly a lineal descendant of Robert Bruce , whose Jacobite proclivities de- lighted Burns and were the occasion of some harmless drinking of ...
... interest . ” Dr. Adair de- scribed also a visit from the ninety - year - old Mrs. Bruce , supposedly a lineal descendant of Robert Bruce , whose Jacobite proclivities de- lighted Burns and were the occasion of some harmless drinking of ...
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... interest in danc- ing - which he shared with the Scotland of his day , for eighteenth- century Scotland danced as it has never danced since — must have further cultivated his sense of rhythm and melody . Dancing in Burns's time was ...
... interest in danc- ing - which he shared with the Scotland of his day , for eighteenth- century Scotland danced as it has never danced since — must have further cultivated his sense of rhythm and melody . Dancing in Burns's time was ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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