The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... honesty , and unbounded good will to every crea- ture , rational and irrational . As he was but little indebted to scholastic education , and bred at a plough - tail , his performances must be strongly tinctured with his unpolished ...
... honesty , and unbounded good will to every crea- ture , rational and irrational . As he was but little indebted to scholastic education , and bred at a plough - tail , his performances must be strongly tinctured with his unpolished ...
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... honest , warm , and tender de- licacy , with which he enters into my interests . I am sometimes pleased with myself in my grateful sensations ; but , I believe , on the whole , I have very little merit in it , as my gratitude is not a ...
... honest , warm , and tender de- licacy , with which he enters into my interests . I am sometimes pleased with myself in my grateful sensations ; but , I believe , on the whole , I have very little merit in it , as my gratitude is not a ...
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... . From the emotions of my in- most soul I do it . Selfish ingratitude I hope I am incapable of ; and mercenary servility , I trust I shall ever have so much honest pride as to detest . No. 1 No. XV . To MRS . DUNLOP . Edinburgh ( 47 )
... . From the emotions of my in- most soul I do it . Selfish ingratitude I hope I am incapable of ; and mercenary servility , I trust I shall ever have so much honest pride as to detest . No. 1 No. XV . To MRS . DUNLOP . Edinburgh ( 47 )
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... honest national prejudice of my countrymen , have borne me to a height altogether untenable to my abilities . For the honor Miss W. has done me , please , Sir , return her in my name my most grateful thanks . I have more than once ...
... honest national prejudice of my countrymen , have borne me to a height altogether untenable to my abilities . For the honor Miss W. has done me , please , Sir , return her in my name my most grateful thanks . I have more than once ...
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... , my generous benefactor . Allow me , my lord , to publish these I conjure your lordship by the honest throe of gratitude , by the generous wish of bene- verses . volence , volence , by all the powers and feelings which compose ( 62 )
... , my generous benefactor . Allow me , my lord , to publish these I conjure your lordship by the honest throe of gratitude , by the generous wish of bene- verses . volence , volence , by all the powers and feelings which compose ( 62 )
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Стр. 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
Стр. 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Стр. 200 - 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...
Стр. 316 - 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. 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Стр. 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 209 - 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. 209 - 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...
Стр. 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Стр. 278 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?