The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... DEAR SIR , Lochlee , 15th January , 1783 . As I have an opportunity of sending you a letter without putting you to that expense , which any production of mine would but ill repay ; I em- brace it with pleasure to tell you that I have ...
... DEAR SIR , Lochlee , 15th January , 1783 . As I have an opportunity of sending you a letter without putting you to that expense , which any production of mine would but ill repay ; I em- brace it with pleasure to tell you that I have ...
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... Dear Sir , Yours , & c . The The following is taken from the MS prose presented by ( 15 )
... Dear Sir , Yours , & c . The The following is taken from the MS prose presented by ( 15 )
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... DEAR SIR , I OUGHT to have acknowledged your favor long ago , not only as a testimony of your kind remembrance , but as it gave me an oppor- tunity of sharing one of the finest , and , perhaps , one of the most genuine entertainments ...
... DEAR SIR , I OUGHT to have acknowledged your favor long ago , not only as a testimony of your kind remembrance , but as it gave me an oppor- tunity of sharing one of the finest , and , perhaps , one of the most genuine entertainments ...
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Robert Burns. FROM No. XII . 22d December , 1786 . DEAR SIR , I LAST week received a letter from Dr. Blacklock , in which he expresses a desire of seeing you . I write this to you , that you may lose no time in waiting upon him , should ...
Robert Burns. FROM No. XII . 22d December , 1786 . DEAR SIR , I LAST week received a letter from Dr. Blacklock , in which he expresses a desire of seeing you . I write this to you , that you may lose no time in waiting upon him , should ...
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... DEAR SIR , YOUR letter of the 15th gave me a great deal of pleasure . It is not surprising that you improve in correctness and taste , considering where you have been for some time past . And I dare swear there is no danger of your ...
... DEAR SIR , YOUR letter of the 15th gave me a great deal of pleasure . It is not surprising that you improve in correctness and taste , considering where you have been for some time past . And I dare swear there is no danger of your ...
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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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?