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Robert Burns (1759-1796) Scotland's great poet. "His poetry was nearly always written on the spur of the moment-the response of the feelings to the immediate circumstances. Its charm and power lie in the justness of the feelings expressed and in the truthfulness and freshness which it derives direct from life." (The New International Encyclopaedia, Vol. IV, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920, 195-196.)
Henry B. Wheatley, ed. Historical Portraits, Some Notes on the Painted Portraits of Celebrated Characters of England Scotland and Ireland. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1897) 228. (By Alexander Nasmyth)
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