The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... 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 delicacies of taste , or the idiom of our language , which he ...
... 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 delicacies of taste , or the idiom of our language , which he ...
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... composition is a kind of pride of stomach , and I scorn to fear the face of any man living ; above every thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a corner to avoid a dun - possibly some pitiful , sordid wretch , who in my heart ...
... composition is a kind of pride of stomach , and I scorn to fear the face of any man living ; above every thing , I abhor as hell , the idea of sneaking in a corner to avoid a dun - possibly some pitiful , sordid wretch , who in my heart ...
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... composition : " As tow'rd her cot he jogg'd along , Her name was frequent in his song . " For my own part , I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet , till I got once heartily in love ; and then rhyme and song were ...
... composition : " As tow'rd her cot he jogg'd along , Her name was frequent in his song . " For my own part , I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet , till I got once heartily in love ; and then rhyme and song were ...
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... COMPOSITIONS and COMPOSERS . And this in no wise leave ye undone , but have it exe- cuted in every point as this OUR MANDATE bears , before the twenty - fourth current , when IN PERSON We hope to applaud your faithful- ness and zeal ...
... COMPOSITIONS and COMPOSERS . And this in no wise leave ye undone , but have it exe- cuted in every point as this OUR MANDATE bears , before the twenty - fourth current , when IN PERSON We hope to applaud your faithful- ness and zeal ...
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... the theory of virtue . This is my prayer , in return for your elegant composition in verse . All here join in compliments and good wishes for your further prosperity . VOL . II . D No. No. IX . To MR . CHALMERS . MY DEAR 33.
... the theory of virtue . This is my prayer , in return for your elegant composition in verse . All here join in compliments and good wishes for your further prosperity . VOL . II . D No. No. IX . To MR . CHALMERS . MY DEAR 33.
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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...