The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... sent to his correspondents before him ) he seems to have occasionally enlarged his observations , and altered his expressions . In such instances his emendations have been adopted ; but in truth there are but five of the letters thus ...
... sent to his correspondents before him ) he seems to have occasionally enlarged his observations , and altered his expressions . In such instances his emendations have been adopted ; but in truth there are but five of the letters thus ...
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... John MURDOCH , in Lon- don . 28th Oct. In answer to No. I. 107 XXXV . From Mr. 31st Oct. 1787 . Gordon Castle , Acknowledging a song sent to Lady Charlotte Gordon , 110 b 2 No. Page XXXVI . From the Rev. J. SKINNER . CONTENTS . xi.
... John MURDOCH , in Lon- don . 28th Oct. In answer to No. I. 107 XXXV . From Mr. 31st Oct. 1787 . Gordon Castle , Acknowledging a song sent to Lady Charlotte Gordon , 110 b 2 No. Page XXXVI . From the Rev. J. SKINNER . CONTENTS . xi.
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... sent into the world to see , and observe ; and I very easi- ly compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing original about him which shews me human nature in a differ- ent light from any thing I have seen ...
... sent into the world to see , and observe ; and I very easi- ly compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing original about him which shews me human nature in a differ- ent light from any thing I have seen ...
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... sent resolution ; but should inimical circum- stances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or , enjoying it , only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for complaint , as the world , in general ...
... sent resolution ; but should inimical circum- stances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or , enjoying it , only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for complaint , as the world , in general ...
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... sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their appearance , except to a friend or two at most . Perhaps some of them may be no great entertainment to you ; but of that I am far from being an adequate judge . The song to the ...
... sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their appearance , except to a friend or two at most . Perhaps some of them may be no great entertainment to you ; but of that I am far from being an adequate judge . The song to the ...
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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.
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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...