The Life of Robert BurnsG. Bell and Sons, 1905 - 349 стор. |
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... Currie's Memoir cannot be , with propriety , detached from the collec- tion of the Poet's works which it was expressly designed to accompany ; and the regretted projector of " Constable's Miscellany " sought in vain for any other ...
... Currie's Memoir cannot be , with propriety , detached from the collec- tion of the Poet's works which it was expressly designed to accompany ; and the regretted projector of " Constable's Miscellany " sought in vain for any other ...
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... Currie , Scott , Jeffrey , Walker , Wordsworth , Campbell , and Wilson . The humble purpose of the following Essay was , therefore , no more than to compress , within the limits of a single small volume , the substance of materials ...
... Currie , Scott , Jeffrey , Walker , Wordsworth , Campbell , and Wilson . The humble purpose of the following Essay was , therefore , no more than to compress , within the limits of a single small volume , the substance of materials ...
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... Currie , on the authority of Gilbert Burns , says " in his nine- teenth year , " but subsequent investigations prove that he left his native district for the southern parts of Scotland in 1748 , when he must have been twenty - seven ...
... Currie , on the authority of Gilbert Burns , says " in his nine- teenth year , " but subsequent investigations prove that he left his native district for the southern parts of Scotland in 1748 , when he must have been twenty - seven ...
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... Currie , detailed with honest pride the part which he had in the early education of our poet . He became the frequent in- mate and confidential friend of the family , and speaks with enthusiasm of the virtues of William Burnes , and of ...
... Currie , detailed with honest pride the part which he had in the early education of our poet . He became the frequent in- mate and confidential friend of the family , and speaks with enthusiasm of the virtues of William Burnes , and of ...
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... ( Currie , vol . i . , p . 89. ) " At those years , " says the poet himself , in 1787 , " I was by no means a favourite with anybody . I was a good deal noted for a retentive memory , a stubborn sturdy something in my disposition , and an ...
... ( Currie , vol . i . , p . 89. ) " At those years , " says the poet himself , in 1787 , " I was by no means a favourite with anybody . I was a good deal noted for a retentive memory , a stubborn sturdy something in my disposition , and an ...
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2nd Edition A. H. Bullen acquaintance addressed admiration afterwards Allan Cunningham appears auld Ayrshire bard beautiful Blair brother Burns's character circumstances composed correspondence Cromek Currie Currie's dear death delight Dugald Stewart Dumfries Dunlop early Edinburgh Elliesland English Essays Excise farm father favour favourite feelings Gavin Hamilton genius Gilbert Burns Greenock hand heart History honour Illustrations Irvine James Jean Jenny Geddes John kind labours lady lated letter lived Lockhart manners Mary Mauchline Memoir mind Mossgiel Muses nature never occasion parish passion perhaps period person pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry political Portraits printed Prose published reader residence revised Robert Burns Robert Chambers says scenes Scotch Scotland Scottish sentiments Shanter Sir Walter Scott society song spirit stanzas Stewart talents Tarbolton Thomson thought tion Trans Translated verses vols Walker William Burnes writing young
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