A Primer of BurnsMethuen, 1896 - 187 pages |
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... closing for the time . Its effect may be seen in the letter to Cunningham of February 25 , in which he seeks to minister to his own " mind diseased " by reflections on his favourite topic , Religion , in a strain which Lockhart adduces ...
... closing for the time . Its effect may be seen in the letter to Cunningham of February 25 , in which he seeks to minister to his own " mind diseased " by reflections on his favourite topic , Religion , in a strain which Lockhart adduces ...
Page 55
... closing months of the year . Of this period scarcely any information can be gleaned , songs and everything have ceased . " Upwards of a year before his death , " says Currie , " there was an evident decline in our poet's personal ...
... closing months of the year . Of this period scarcely any information can be gleaned , songs and everything have ceased . " Upwards of a year before his death , " says Currie , " there was an evident decline in our poet's personal ...
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... closing song . It may be that family criticism had influence with him here . In one or two places the Muse is certainly too rude in speech for polite and decent society , but considering his subject , we may well be pleased that Burns ...
... closing song . It may be that family criticism had influence with him here . In one or two places the Muse is certainly too rude in speech for polite and decent society , but considering his subject , we may well be pleased that Burns ...
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... closing verses are the plea often advanced for the poet's own failings . Burns knew himself as well as any one , and valued the knowledge . " It was ever my opinion that the great unhappy mistakes and blunders , * March 1784. Compare ...
... closing verses are the plea often advanced for the poet's own failings . Burns knew himself as well as any one , and valued the knowledge . " It was ever my opinion that the great unhappy mistakes and blunders , * March 1784. Compare ...
Page 88
... closing stanza Burns is himself again , but the whole " ode " has a very patch- work effect . The Address to Edinburgh , which finally marks the new phase in the poet's life , suggests an interesting comparison with that of a Highland ...
... closing stanza Burns is himself again , but the whole " ode " has a very patch- work effect . The Address to Edinburgh , which finally marks the new phase in the poet's life , suggests an interesting comparison with that of a Highland ...
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