"James Murray combs the dialect from his beard And files slips for his massive Dictionary."

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Poets from ScotlandUniversity of Oxford alumniUniversity of Glasgow alumniFellows of the British Academy
Original Language: English

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"Scotland in the 1890s", in A Scottish Assembly (1990)

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"Scotland in the 1890s", in A Scottish Assembly (1990)