Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 66
... mind at the time . “ The weakness of my nerves has so debilitated my mind , ” he writes , “ that I dare not , either review past events , or look forward into futurity ; for the least anxiety , or perturbation in my breast , produces ...
... mind at the time . “ The weakness of my nerves has so debilitated my mind , ” he writes , “ that I dare not , either review past events , or look forward into futurity ; for the least anxiety , or perturbation in my breast , produces ...
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... mind glows with sentiments lighted up at their sacred flame— the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the human race- he " who can soar above this little scene of things ” —can he descend to mind the paultry concerns about ...
... mind glows with sentiments lighted up at their sacred flame— the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the human race- he " who can soar above this little scene of things ” —can he descend to mind the paultry concerns about ...
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... mind , and pursuits of such a one as the above verses describe— one who spends the hours & thoughts which the vocations of the day can spare with Ossian , Shakespeare , Thomson , Shenstone , Sterne & c . or as the maggot takes him , a ...
... mind , and pursuits of such a one as the above verses describe— one who spends the hours & thoughts which the vocations of the day can spare with Ossian , Shakespeare , Thomson , Shenstone , Sterne & c . or as the maggot takes him , a ...
Contents
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Chapter Four THE OMITTED POEMS | 196 |
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