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Page 144
... poem which offended some of Burns's genteel friends but which he retained in the Edinburgh edition nevertheless . The poem is interesting for the traces of Jacobite feel- ing to be found in it and for its sprightly use of the same ...
... poem which offended some of Burns's genteel friends but which he retained in the Edinburgh edition nevertheless . The poem is interesting for the traces of Jacobite feel- ing to be found in it and for its sprightly use of the same ...
Page 148
... poem has become a piece of gesturing for a genteel audience . We do not need the overt , sentimental moralizing of the second - to - last stanza to inform us that he has succumbed to his temptation to strike attitudes . The tone of the ...
... poem has become a piece of gesturing for a genteel audience . We do not need the overt , sentimental moralizing of the second - to - last stanza to inform us that he has succumbed to his temptation to strike attitudes . The tone of the ...
Page 170
... poem as the " Epistle to a Young Friend , " one of the most engaging and spon- taneous of his poems , in which he ... poem was originally intended for another friend , William Niven of Kirkoswald , but this is very doubtful , and in any ...
... poem as the " Epistle to a Young Friend , " one of the most engaging and spon- taneous of his poems , in which he ... poem was originally intended for another friend , William Niven of Kirkoswald , but this is very doubtful , and in any ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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