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NOTICE
RESPECTING
THE LIFE AND WRITINGS
ROBERT TANNAHILL.
Bobert TAKNAHifcL was born in Paisley, 3d June
1774, of respectable parents. His father -was a
mechanic, and accounted superior to the common
run of that class for intelligence. Robert was
taught reading and writing, and he acquired his
grammatical knowledge, at a later period of life,
from a grammar prefixed to a pocket dictionary*
He was early bred a weaver, and life was an un-
varied round. Work and sleep — the visits of the
muse — and stated or occasional meetings with a
few select companions.
RESPECTING
THE LIFE AND WRITINGS
ROBERT TANNAHILL.
Bobert TAKNAHifcL was born in Paisley, 3d June
1774, of respectable parents. His father -was a
mechanic, and accounted superior to the common
run of that class for intelligence. Robert was
taught reading and writing, and he acquired his
grammatical knowledge, at a later period of life,
from a grammar prefixed to a pocket dictionary*
He was early bred a weaver, and life was an un-
varied round. Work and sleep — the visits of the
muse — and stated or occasional meetings with a
few select companions.
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect > (13) [Page v] - Notice respecting the life and writings of Robert Tannahill |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/90345374 |
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| Description | A notice respecting the life and writings of the author [by James Muir] is prefixed. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.139 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe.There are more than 330 publications contained in about 320 selected from the collection of John Glen (1833-1904). Also available are a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | Over 400 volumes from three internationally renowned special collections of printed music. The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent excellent archives of 18th-19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The Hopkinson Verdi Collection contains contemporary and later editions of the works of Verdi, collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson. |
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