The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... writing nearly at the same time , and under the same feelings , to different individuals , would sometimes fall into the same train of senti- ment , and forms of expression . To avoid there- fore the tediousness of such repetitions , it ...
... writing nearly at the same time , and under the same feelings , to different individuals , would sometimes fall into the same train of senti- ment , and forms of expression . To avoid there- fore the tediousness of such repetitions , it ...
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... writing to you , yet it never gives me those giddy raptures so much talked of among lovers . I have often thought that if a well grounded affection be not really a part of virtue , ' tis something extremely akin to it . Whenever the ...
... writing to you , yet it never gives me those giddy raptures so much talked of among lovers . I have often thought that if a well grounded affection be not really a part of virtue , ' tis something extremely akin to it . Whenever the ...
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... write to you , that what to speak or what to write I am altogether at a loss . There is one rule which I have hitherto prac- tised , and which I shall invariably keep with you , and that is , honestly to tell you the plain truth . There ...
... write to you , that what to speak or what to write I am altogether at a loss . There is one rule which I have hitherto prac- tised , and which I shall invariably keep with you , and that is , honestly to tell you the plain truth . There ...
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... I can scarcely yet collect my thoughts so as to write to you on the subject . I will not attempt to describe what I felt on receiv- ing your letter . I read it over and over , again and and again , and though it was in the politest ( 9 )
... I can scarcely yet collect my thoughts so as to write to you on the subject . I will not attempt to describe what I felt on receiv- ing your letter . I read it over and over , again and and again , and though it was in the politest ( 9 )
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... write myself out ; as I was placed by fortune among a class of men to whom my ideas would have been nonsense . I had meant that the book should have lain by me , in the fond hope , that some time or other , even after I was no more , my ...
... write myself out ; as I was placed by fortune among a class of men to whom my ideas would have been nonsense . I had meant that the book should have lain by me , in the fond hope , that some time or other , even after I was no more , my ...
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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?