Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 36
... Writing some three years after Robert Burns's death , Dr. Currie , the first editor of Burns's works , made these observations : A slight acquaintance with the peasantry of Scotland , will serve to convince an unprejudiced observer that ...
... Writing some three years after Robert Burns's death , Dr. Currie , the first editor of Burns's works , made these observations : A slight acquaintance with the peasantry of Scotland , will serve to convince an unprejudiced observer that ...
Page 37
... writing , under my good friend Mr. Robison , desiring that I would come and speak to him at a certain Inn , and bring my writing - book with me . This was immediately complied with . Having examined my writing , he was pleased with it ...
... writing , under my good friend Mr. Robison , desiring that I would come and speak to him at a certain Inn , and bring my writing - book with me . This was immediately complied with . Having examined my writing , he was pleased with it ...
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... writing again to Thomson about “ an air which I have long admired " which he was in the process of composing verses for . On June 1 , less than two months before his death , he was writing to Johnson , asking about the progress of the ...
... writing again to Thomson about “ an air which I have long admired " which he was in the process of composing verses for . On June 1 , less than two months before his death , he was writing to Johnson , asking about the progress of the ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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