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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... village but the county poet , the ' Ayrshire Poet . ' In his Preface he writes : ' Unacquainted with the necessary requisites for commencing Poet by rule ; he sings the sentiments and manners , he felt and saw in himself and his rustic ...
... village but the county poet , the ' Ayrshire Poet . ' In his Preface he writes : ' Unacquainted with the necessary requisites for commencing Poet by rule ; he sings the sentiments and manners , he felt and saw in himself and his rustic ...
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... 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 the sphere of my studies . ' * When he was twenty - three he went off to learn the flax - dressing ...
... 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 the sphere of my studies . ' * When he was twenty - three he went off to learn the flax - dressing ...
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... village . My young Superiours never insulted the clouterly appearance of my ploughboy carcase , the two extremes of which were often exposed to all the inclemencies of all the seasons . They would give me stray volumes of books ; among ...
... village . My young Superiours never insulted the clouterly appearance of my ploughboy carcase , the two extremes of which were often exposed to all the inclemencies of all the seasons . They would give me stray volumes of books ; among ...
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