The works of professor Wilson, ed. by prof. Ferrier, Том 71857 |
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... themselves are averse . He took care to find fault very seldom ; and , there- fore , when he did rebuke , he was listened to with a kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you 6 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
... themselves are averse . He took care to find fault very seldom ; and , there- fore , when he did rebuke , he was listened to with a kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you 6 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
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... kind of a person had the principal part in the education of the poet . " Burns was as happy in a mother , whom , in countenance , it is said he resembled ; and as sons and daughters were born , we think of the " auld clay biggin ' more ...
... kind of a person had the principal part in the education of the poet . " Burns was as happy in a mother , whom , in countenance , it is said he resembled ; and as sons and daughters were born , we think of the " auld clay biggin ' more ...
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... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert . Yet ...
... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert . Yet ...
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... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
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... kind , " says the excellent Currie , " required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination - not he , indeed , not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our exist- ence . He knew ...
... kind , " says the excellent Currie , " required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination - not he , indeed , not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our exist- ence . He knew ...
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Сторінка 323 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Сторінка 326 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
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