The poetical works of Robert Burns, with a prefatory notice by J. Skipsey, Том 11885 |
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... heart - ROBERT BURNS , was born on 25th January 1759 , in an " auld clay biggin , " or cottage , about two miles south of Ayr . This " auld clay biggin " in which the great poet was born was built by his father , who himself was a ...
... heart - ROBERT BURNS , was born on 25th January 1759 , in an " auld clay biggin , " or cottage , about two miles south of Ayr . This " auld clay biggin " in which the great poet was born was built by his father , who himself was a ...
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... heart by the sweet tongue of his own mother , while she yet dandled him upon her knee . Talk of a lack of a classical education ; but for one who , above all others , was ordained to be the people's poet , and more emphati- cally still ...
... heart by the sweet tongue of his own mother , while she yet dandled him upon her knee . Talk of a lack of a classical education ; but for one who , above all others , was ordained to be the people's poet , and more emphati- cally still ...
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... heart of the wrong - doer to the centre , or take the heartless hypocrite with affected horror . The only matter for marvel is that we have not a greater number of such songs ; rather this would be a marvel did we not know the penalty ...
... heart of the wrong - doer to the centre , or take the heartless hypocrite with affected horror . The only matter for marvel is that we have not a greater number of such songs ; rather this would be a marvel did we not know the penalty ...
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... heart - strings thrill like an Eolian harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel stings and thistles . Among her other love - inspiring qualities she sang ...
... heart - strings thrill like an Eolian harp ; and particularly why my pulse beat such a furious ratan when I fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel stings and thistles . Among her other love - inspiring qualities she sang ...
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... heart , " and whatever other ability he may have , he lacks the requisite feeling to be able to value aright the sweetest and best of Burns's precious poetry . Further , he may rest assured that there is something wrong about his head ...
... heart , " and whatever other ability he may have , he lacks the requisite feeling to be able to value aright the sweetest and best of Burns's precious poetry . Further , he may rest assured that there is something wrong about his head ...
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