The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... equal to the second , printed VOL . III . p . 317 ; but it contains too much of the characteristic vigour of its author to be suppressed . A little more knowledge of natural history or of chemistry was wanted to enable him to execute ...
... equal to the second , printed VOL . III . p . 317 ; but it contains too much of the characteristic vigour of its author to be suppressed . A little more knowledge of natural history or of chemistry was wanted to enable him to execute ...
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... equal to the Seasons . Like Thomson too he has looked into nature for himself : you meet with no copied de- scription . One particular criticism I made at first reading ; in no one instance has he said too much . He never flags in his ...
... equal to the Seasons . Like Thomson too he has looked into nature for himself : you meet with no copied de- scription . One particular criticism I made at first reading ; in no one instance has he said too much . He never flags in his ...
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... equal to any thing in the Seasons . The idea of " the float- ing tribes distant seen , far glistering to the moon , ' provoking his eye as he is obliged to leave them , is a noble ray of poetic genius . " The howling winds , " the ...
... equal to any thing in the Seasons . The idea of " the float- ing tribes distant seen , far glistering to the moon , ' provoking his eye as he is obliged to leave them , is a noble ray of poetic genius . " The howling winds , " the ...
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... equal justice , applied to the House of Tudor , of York , or any other of their prede- cessors ? The simple state of the case , sir , seems to be this - At that period , the science of government , the knowledge of the true relation ...
... equal justice , applied to the House of Tudor , of York , or any other of their prede- cessors ? The simple state of the case , sir , seems to be this - At that period , the science of government , the knowledge of the true relation ...
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... equal to the task , that man's assistance the proprietors have Jost . When I received your letter I was transcribing for * * , my letter to the magistrates of the Canongate , Edinburgh , begging their permis- sion to place a tomb ...
... equal to the task , that man's assistance the proprietors have Jost . When I received your letter I was transcribing for * * , my letter to the magistrates of the Canongate , Edinburgh , begging their permis- sion to place a tomb ...
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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?