Robert Burns and His Myth : an Inaugural Lecture Delivered on 10th December, 1970 at the University of Ghana, LegonGhana Universities Press, 1971 - 39 Seiten |
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... Robert grew up in misery and poverty . His brother wrote later : ' For several years butcher's meat was a stranger in the house .. [ Robert ] at the age of thirteen assisted in threshing . . . and at fifteen was the principal labourer ...
... Robert grew up in misery and poverty . His brother wrote later : ' For several years butcher's meat was a stranger in the house .. [ Robert ] at the age of thirteen assisted in threshing . . . and at fifteen was the principal labourer ...
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... Robert seems to have made two attempts to escape ; at the age of fifteen he was sent down to a nearby village to learn mathematics . Then he fell in love and the girl next door ' overset my Trigonometry and set me off in a tangent from ...
... Robert seems to have made two attempts to escape ; at the age of fifteen he was sent down to a nearby village to learn mathematics . Then he fell in love and the girl next door ' overset my Trigonometry and set me off in a tangent from ...
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... Robert Burns 1968 , 3 Vols . Oxford University Press . J. De Lancy Fergusson : The Letters of Robert Burns 1931 , 2 Vols . Oxford University Press Henley and Henderson : The Centenary Burns 1896 , 4 Vols . T. C. and E. C. Jack ...
... Robert Burns 1968 , 3 Vols . Oxford University Press . J. De Lancy Fergusson : The Letters of Robert Burns 1931 , 2 Vols . Oxford University Press Henley and Henderson : The Centenary Burns 1896 , 4 Vols . T. C. and E. C. Jack ...
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