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... probably to avert attention from what he knew to be no fiction ; to wit , the fact that his " forefathers " had been actively engaged in the older rebellion of 1715 , and had suf- fered hardships in consequence . Gilbert affected to ...
... probably to avert attention from what he knew to be no fiction ; to wit , the fact that his " forefathers " had been actively engaged in the older rebellion of 1715 , and had suf- fered hardships in consequence . Gilbert affected to ...
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... probably missed not only the stimulus of their conversation , but the kindness that had furnished him with his supply , such as it was , of books . But the main source of his change of habits about this period was , it is confessed on ...
... probably missed not only the stimulus of their conversation , but the kindness that had furnished him with his supply , such as it was , of books . But the main source of his change of habits about this period was , it is confessed on ...
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... you , I never can taste . " In such excellent English did Burns woo his country maidens , in at most his twentieth year , [ or , more probably , his twenty - third year ] . " Irvine , 27 Dec. , 1781 . " HONOURED 32 LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS .
... you , I never can taste . " In such excellent English did Burns woo his country maidens , in at most his twentieth year , [ or , more probably , his twenty - third year ] . " Irvine , 27 Dec. , 1781 . " HONOURED 32 LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS .
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... probably await me , and I am in some measure prepared and daily preparing , to meet them . I have just time and paper to return you my grateful thanks for the lessons of virtue and piety you have given me , which were so much neg ...
... probably await me , and I am in some measure prepared and daily preparing , to meet them . I have just time and paper to return you my grateful thanks for the lessons of virtue and piety you have given me , which were so much neg ...
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... probably this accidental meeting with Fergusson , that in a great measure finally determined the " Scottish " character of Burns's poetry ; and , indeed , but for the lasting sense of this obli- gation , and some natural sympathy with ...
... probably this accidental meeting with Fergusson , that in a great measure finally determined the " Scottish " character of Burns's poetry ; and , indeed , but for the lasting sense of this obli- gation , and some natural sympathy with ...
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