Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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... Moral and Political ( with more success ) in 1741- 1742. His Essay on Human Understanding in 1748 established his ... moral philosophy at Glasgow from 1752 to 1763 but an Edinburgh resident from 1777 , published his Theory of Moral ...
... Moral and Political ( with more success ) in 1741- 1742. His Essay on Human Understanding in 1748 established his ... moral philosophy at Glasgow from 1752 to 1763 but an Edinburgh resident from 1777 , published his Theory of Moral ...
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... moral , " and The English Review of February , 1787 , singled it out as " the best poem in the collection . " " It is written , " wrote this reviewer , “ in the stanza of Spenser , which probably our bard acquired from Thomson's ...
... moral , " and The English Review of February , 1787 , singled it out as " the best poem in the collection . " " It is written , " wrote this reviewer , “ in the stanza of Spenser , which probably our bard acquired from Thomson's ...
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... moral sense ” that man was by nature able to recognize and so pursue virtue and that his “ carnal inclination " to do good was the most secure foundation for ethics . He never doubted where he stood in the argument between faith and ...
... moral sense ” that man was by nature able to recognize and so pursue virtue and that his “ carnal inclination " to do good was the most secure foundation for ethics . He never doubted where he stood in the argument between faith and ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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