Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 75
Page 17
... less important than his work as an editor . In The Tea - Table Miscellany , of which the first of four volumes appeared in 1724 , he brought together a mixed collection of old and new songs and ballads by authors living and dead , known ...
... less important than his work as an editor . In The Tea - Table Miscellany , of which the first of four volumes appeared in 1724 , he brought together a mixed collection of old and new songs and ballads by authors living and dead , known ...
Page 76
... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a tiny minority by a predestinate decree of God should be so anxious to insist on rigid standards of orthodox behavior ...
... less effective or any less valuable . It may seem strange that a church which believed that salvation is granted to a tiny minority by a predestinate decree of God should be so anxious to insist on rigid standards of orthodox behavior ...
Page 322
... less easy to find . Burns's association with George Thomson was in many ways less satisfactory than that with Johnson . Unlike the humble Johnson , Thomson was educated and genteel , anxious to refine Scots out of Scots songs and to ...
... less easy to find . Burns's association with George Thomson was in many ways less satisfactory than that with Johnson . Unlike the humble Johnson , Thomson was educated and genteel , anxious to refine Scots out of Scots songs and to ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Allan Ramsay auld lang syne ballad Bard Beggars bonie Burns's songs century chorus collection critical David Herd death drinking Edinburgh edition effect eighteenth-century Ellisland English Epistle farm farmer feeling Fergusson frae Gavin Hamilton genteel Gilbert Green Grow Hamilton heart Highland Holy Fair Hugh Blair interest Jacobite Jean John Johnson Kilmarnock volume kind Kirk lasses lines literature lively Mary Mauchline melody merry mood moral Mossgiel moves Murdoch Muses Museum ne'er neoclassic never night o'er owre patriotic piece poem poet poetic poetry poor pride printed Ramsay Ramsay's reel tune remarkable rhyme Robert Burns rustic satire Scotch Scotland Scots Scottish literature Scottish song sentimental Shanter sing social stanza sung Tarbolton thee theme Thomson thou thro tion tone turn verse letters weel William Burnes words writing written wrote