The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... Lady Charlotte Gordon , 125 XLII . FROM THE REV . J. SKINNER . 14th Nov. 1787 . Scottish poems , Some account of 127 XLIII . FROM MRS . 30th Nov. In- 132 XLIV . TO closing Erse songs , with the music , DALRYMPLE , Esa . Con- gratulation ...
... Lady Charlotte Gordon , 125 XLII . FROM THE REV . J. SKINNER . 14th Nov. 1787 . Scottish poems , Some account of 127 XLIII . FROM MRS . 30th Nov. In- 132 XLIV . TO closing Erse songs , with the music , DALRYMPLE , Esa . Con- gratulation ...
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... lady , who had beard be bad been making a ballad on ber , inclosing that ballad , LXVI . TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . Dec. Thanks for friendship - Reflections on the poetical character . ( This ought to to have appeared as No. XLIV ) LXVII ...
... lady , who had beard be bad been making a ballad on ber , inclosing that ballad , LXVI . TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . Dec. Thanks for friendship - Reflections on the poetical character . ( This ought to to have appeared as No. XLIV ) LXVII ...
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... LADY W. M. CONSTABLE . Acknowledging a present of a Snuff- box , 839 CX . TO MRS . GRAHAM , of FINTRY . Inclosing " Queen Mary's Lament . " 340 · CXI . FROM THE REV . G. BAIRD , 8th Feb. 1781. Requesting assistance in publishing the ...
... LADY W. M. CONSTABLE . Acknowledging a present of a Snuff- box , 839 CX . TO MRS . GRAHAM , of FINTRY . Inclosing " Queen Mary's Lament . " 340 · CXI . FROM THE REV . G. BAIRD , 8th Feb. 1781. Requesting assistance in publishing the ...
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... on Ednam Hill , · · 366 . CXX . TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN . In reply , CXXI . FROM THE EARL OF BUCHAN . 16th Sept. 1791. Proposing a subject 368 for our poet's muse , 370 No. Page . CXXII . TO LADY E. CUNNINGHAM . CXXII . xxii INDEX .
... on Ednam Hill , · · 366 . CXX . TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN . In reply , CXXI . FROM THE EARL OF BUCHAN . 16th Sept. 1791. Proposing a subject 368 for our poet's muse , 370 No. Page . CXXII . TO LADY E. CUNNINGHAM . CXXII . xxii INDEX .
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Robert Burns. No. Page . CXXII . TO LADY E. CUNNINGHAM . Inclosing " The Lament for James Earl of Glencairn , " CXXIII . TO MR . AINSLIE . State of his Mind after Inebriation , 372 • 374 CXXIV . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . 16th Oct ...
Robert Burns. No. Page . CXXII . TO LADY E. CUNNINGHAM . Inclosing " The Lament for James Earl of Glencairn , " CXXIII . TO MR . AINSLIE . State of his Mind after Inebriation , 372 • 374 CXXIV . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . 16th Oct ...
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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?