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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES. 1 2. Butler. Are there not good reasons why the author of Hudi- bras should not have expected to be a general favorite ? 1 15. brave mausoleum. At Dumfries, where Burns spent the last five years of his life. In it were buried the poet, his wife and children. In 1820 the foundation stone was laid for the monument on Alloway Croft, near the Auld Brig of Doon.,3300 was subscribed for this purpose. Eleven years later work began on the Edinburgh monument, which cost even more. There are statues of Burns in Glasgow, Kilmarnock, New York, Dundee, Dumfries, London, Albany (N.Y.), Ayr, Aberdeen, Irvine, Paisley, Chicago, and other places. 2 12. Lucy's. It was in Lucy's park, says tradition, that Shakspere did his deer-stealing.' On evidence of equal value is based the legend which names him as the author of a doggerel epitaph on John a Combe. 2 22. Excise Commissioners. Cf. p. 10, 11. 27-30. 2 22. Gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt. A company of Scottish noblemen and gentry interested in field sports. They allowed Burns to dedicate to them the second edition of his poems, and subscribed individually for copies. Directly and indirectly, the members of this aristocratic association were very helpful to the young poet. 2 23. Dumfries Aristocracy. Dumfries, a great stage on the road from England to Ireland, was a small provincial town notable for its public entertainments. The Caledonian Hunt sometimes met there; the country gentlemen often. Parties of strangers would send for Burns, the standing marvel of the place, and he weakly went to amuse them with his jokes, toasts, and songs. 2 25. New and Old Light Clergy. The New Lights were more liberal, more progressive than the Old Lights. The two factions of the Church were at sword's points. Burns natur...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217471022 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217471021 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 70 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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