The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE SCOTTISH PEASANTRY . IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . THE FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES , STRAND ; AND W. CREECH , AT EDINBURGH ; BY J. M'CREERY , BLACK - HORSE - COURT , FLEET ...
... CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF THE SCOTTISH PEASANTRY . IN FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . THE FIFTH EDITION . LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES , STRAND ; AND W. CREECH , AT EDINBURGH ; BY J. M'CREERY , BLACK - HORSE - COURT , FLEET ...
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... character , or perhaps in more studied language . In the chaos of his manuscripts , some of the original sketches were found : and as these sketches , though less perfect , are fairly to be considered as the offspring of his mind ...
... character , or perhaps in more studied language . In the chaos of his manuscripts , some of the original sketches were found : and as these sketches , though less perfect , are fairly to be considered as the offspring of his mind ...
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... characters , who have not been in the habit of carrying their compositions to the press . These corrections have never been extended to any habitual modes of expression of the Poet , even where his phraseology may seem to violate the ...
... characters , who have not been in the habit of carrying their compositions to the press . These corrections have never been extended to any habitual modes of expression of the Poet , even where his phraseology may seem to violate the ...
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... character , · XLI . To Mrs. DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . Written on recovery from sickness , XLII . Extract to the Same . 12th Feb. 1788 . Defence of himself , · 124 127 129 XLIII . To the Same . 7th March , 1788. Who had heard that he had ...
... character , · XLI . To Mrs. DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . Written on recovery from sickness , XLII . Extract to the Same . 12th Feb. 1788 . Defence of himself , · 124 127 129 XLIII . To the Same . 7th March , 1788. Who had heard that he had ...
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... character for regularity of conduct among us , examine im- partially how many vices he has never been guilty of , not from any care or vigilance , but for want of opportunity , or some accidental circumstance intervening ; how many of ...
... character for regularity of conduct among us , examine im- partially how many vices he has never been guilty of , not from any care or vigilance , but for want of opportunity , or some accidental circumstance intervening ; how many of ...
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acquaintance admired Anno Domini Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful believe Blacklock bosom character charming compliments copy criticisms dare DEAR SIR Dumfries DUNLOP Earl Earl granted Earl of Glencairn Earl of Mar Edinburgh Ellisland esteem fame fancy fate favour favourite feel Fergusson Fintry follies fortune friendship genius gentleman give grateful gratitude happy hear heart honest hope House of Stewart human humble servant idea inclosed kind lady late letter lord lordship Lowrie Madam mankind Mauchline meer common merit mind Miss MOORE muse native nature never noble obliging Omeron patronage perhaps perusal pleased pleasure poems poet poetic poetry poor pride Reverend rhyme ROBERT BURNS Robert Fergusson Scotland Scottish sent sentiment shew sincerely song soon soul stanzas Stewart taste tell thee thing thou thought tion truly tune verses virtue wish write
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Стр. 63 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, 'No storied urn nor animated bust;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Стр. 253 - 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. 197 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Стр. 447 - ... disfigure them, are yet, I am convinced, original and component parts of the human soul ; those senses of the mind, if I may be allowed the expression, which connect us with, and link us to, those awful obscure realities — an allpowerful, and equally beneficent God ; and a world to come, beyond death and the grave.
Стр. 196 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As 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. 11 - I believe, may be partly owing to my misfortunes giving my mind a melancholy cast : but there is something even in the ' Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep stretch'd o'er the buried earth," which raises the mind to a serious sublimity favourable to every thing great and noble.
Стр. 190 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie. The boat rocks at the pier o...
Стр. 319 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Стр. 329 - Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And, by some devilish...
Стр. 448 - 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, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...