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Page 87
... remarkable later activity in rescuing , rehabilitating , and recreating Scottish folk song . It is true that Burns was indebted to his careful study of English poetry and of English songs for much of his understanding of the craft of ...
... remarkable later activity in rescuing , rehabilitating , and recreating Scottish folk song . It is true that Burns was indebted to his careful study of English poetry and of English songs for much of his understanding of the craft of ...
Page 236
... remarkable among his various attain- ments , than the fluency , and precision , and originality of his lan- guage , when he spoke in company ; more particularly as he aimed at purity in his turn of expression , and avoided more ...
... remarkable among his various attain- ments , than the fluency , and precision , and originality of his lan- guage , when he spoke in company ; more particularly as he aimed at purity in his turn of expression , and avoided more ...
Page 292
... remarkable is his handling of the tone of the poem . The tone is at once comic and full of suspense , shrewd yet irresponsible , mocking yet sympathetic ; there is a fine balance here between mere supernatural anecdote and the precisely ...
... remarkable is his handling of the tone of the poem . The tone is at once comic and full of suspense , shrewd yet irresponsible , mocking yet sympathetic ; there is a fine balance here between mere supernatural anecdote and the precisely ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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