The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Том 7Cochrane and M'Crone, 1834 - Всего страниц: 394 |
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... Scottish Song ! That could'st alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page , And brand each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart , Whose truths electrify the sage . " CAMPBELL . IN EIGHT VOLUMES . VOL ...
... Scottish Song ! That could'st alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page , And brand each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart , Whose truths electrify the sage . " CAMPBELL . IN EIGHT VOLUMES . VOL ...
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... Scottish Poets , that the very term Scottish Poetry borders on the burlesque . When I write to Mr. Carfrae , I shall advise him rather to try one of his deceased friend's English pieces . I am prodigiously hurried with my own matters ...
... Scottish Poets , that the very term Scottish Poetry borders on the burlesque . When I write to Mr. Carfrae , I shall advise him rather to try one of his deceased friend's English pieces . I am prodigiously hurried with my own matters ...
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... Scottish poetry . Subscription - bills for Scottish poems , have so dunned , and daily do dun the public , that the very name is in danger of contempt . For these reasons , if publishing any of Mr. Mylne's poems in a magazine , & c . be ...
... Scottish poetry . Subscription - bills for Scottish poems , have so dunned , and daily do dun the public , that the very name is in danger of contempt . For these reasons , if publishing any of Mr. Mylne's poems in a magazine , & c . be ...
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... Scottish public papers , any one of his English poems which should , by private judges , be thought the most excellent , and mention it , at the same time , as one of the productions of a Lothian farmer , of respectable character ...
... Scottish public papers , any one of his English poems which should , by private judges , be thought the most excellent , and mention it , at the same time , as one of the productions of a Lothian farmer , of respectable character ...
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... Scottish . " All the fine satire and humour of your Holy Fair is lost on the English ; yet , without more trouble to your- self , you could have conveyed the whole to them . The same is true of some of your other poems . In your Epistle ...
... Scottish . " All the fine satire and humour of your Holy Fair is lost on the English ; yet , without more trouble to your- self , you could have conveyed the whole to them . The same is true of some of your other poems . In your Epistle ...
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acquaintance addressed Ayrshire ballad book of Job bosom Burns Captain Riddel character CHARLES SHARPE charming compliments composition copy creature CUNNINGHAM d-mned dear friend dear Madam DEAR SIR devil Dumfries DUNLOP Dunscore Edinburgh Ellisland enclosed epistle esteem excise fancy fate favour favourite feel FINTRAY friendship genius gentleman give hand happy heart honest honour hope house of Comyn human humble servant humour idea indebted kind lady late letter Lord McMurdo merit mind muse Mylne's never night Nith Nithsdale noble obliged perhaps perusal pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry poor present Queensbury racter Ragwort reason respect rhymes river Doon Scotland Scottish Shanter shew sincere song soul spirit stanzas tell thee thing thou thought tion verses virtue wife WILLIAM SMELLIE wish worth write wrote young
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Стр. 134 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Стр. 127 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; Lord of the lion-heart, and eagle-eye ! Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
Стр. 309 - I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a Watcher and an Holy One came down from heaven ; he cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches...
Стр. 58 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month.
Стр. 274 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months...
Стр. 142 - Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...
Стр. 320 - How are you, my dear friend, and how comes on your fifth volume ? You may probably think that for some time past I have neglected you and your work ; but, alas! the hand of pain, sorrow, and care, has these many months lain heavy on me.
Стр. 68 - It is the moon, I ken her horn, That's blinkin' in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! We are na fou, &c.
Стр. 5 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Стр. 167 - In this was every art, and every charm, To win the wisest, and the coldest warm: Fond love, the gentle vow, the gay desire, The kind deceit, the still-reviving fire, Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.