The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings, to which are Prefixed Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Том 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... A WEE BUSH BIELD THAN NAE 200 THE EIGHTH EDITION , IN FOUR VOLUMES . WITH MANY ADDITIONS , COMMUNICATED BY HIS BROTHER , MR . GILBERT BURNS VOL . I. LONDON . 1820 . SG THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 587816 ASTOR , LENOX AND.
... A WEE BUSH BIELD THAN NAE 200 THE EIGHTH EDITION , IN FOUR VOLUMES . WITH MANY ADDITIONS , COMMUNICATED BY HIS BROTHER , MR . GILBERT BURNS VOL . I. LONDON . 1820 . SG THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 587816 ASTOR , LENOX AND.
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... brother , and by Mr. Murdoch , of London , his teacher- Other particulars of Burns while resident in Ayrshire - History of Burns while resident in Edinburgh , including letters to the Editor from Mr. Stewart and Dr. Adair - History of ...
... brother , and by Mr. Murdoch , of London , his teacher- Other particulars of Burns while resident in Ayrshire - History of Burns while resident in Edinburgh , including letters to the Editor from Mr. Stewart and Dr. Adair - History of ...
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... Brother ; with observations on the effects of refinement of taste on the labouring classes of men . 381 APPENDIX , No. IV . additional remarks on the causes which contributed to the formation of the peculiar Character of the Peasantry ...
... Brother ; with observations on the effects of refinement of taste on the labouring classes of men . 381 APPENDIX , No. IV . additional remarks on the causes which contributed to the formation of the peculiar Character of the Peasantry ...
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... : I was a dex- terous ploughman for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a brother ( Gilbert ) , who could drive the plough very well , and help me to thrash thrash the corn . A novel - writer might , 40 THE LIFE OF.
... : I was a dex- terous ploughman for my age ; and the next eldest to me was a brother ( Gilbert ) , who could drive the plough very well , and help me to thrash thrash the corn . A novel - writer might , 40 THE LIFE OF.
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... brother and I took a neighbouring farm . My brother wanted my hair - brained imagination , as well as my social and amorous madness ; but in good sense , and every sober qualification , he was far my superior . " I entered on this farm ...
... brother and I took a neighbouring farm . My brother wanted my hair - brained imagination , as well as my social and amorous madness ; but in good sense , and every sober qualification , he was far my superior . " I entered on this farm ...
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