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... followed by the development of a definite poetry of personality , the expression of particular rather than general emotion which was an aristocratic and not a democratic possession . The extent to which the folk - song belonged to the ...
... followed by the development of a definite poetry of personality , the expression of particular rather than general emotion which was an aristocratic and not a democratic possession . The extent to which the folk - song belonged to the ...
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... followed- " Holy Willie's Prayer " -in which , while one real man alone was pilloried , he was obviously portrayed , in all his pietistic hypocrisy , as typical of a class which too often ruled the Kirk Sessions . The dovecots of the ...
... followed- " Holy Willie's Prayer " -in which , while one real man alone was pilloried , he was obviously portrayed , in all his pietistic hypocrisy , as typical of a class which too often ruled the Kirk Sessions . The dovecots of the ...
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... followed . His first published poem appeared in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal in the year of his marriage , and his first book , Poems ( including Love in the Valley ) , was published in 1851. He apparently wrote very little and could ...
... followed . His first published poem appeared in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal in the year of his marriage , and his first book , Poems ( including Love in the Valley ) , was published in 1851. He apparently wrote very little and could ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I THE FIRST BOOKS IN THE WORLD | 1 |
HOMER | 18 |
THE STORY OF THE BIВІ Е | 41 |
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