The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21806 |
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... live , to commence farm- er . I do not intend to give up poetry : being bred to labour secures me independence ; and the muses are my chief , sometimes have been my only , enjoyment . If my practice second my resolution , I shall have ...
... live , to commence farm- er . I do not intend to give up poetry : being bred to labour secures me independence ; and the muses are my chief , sometimes have been my only , enjoyment . If my practice second my resolution , I shall have ...
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... wish the offers to be made you there may answer ; as I am per- suaded you will not easily find a more generous and better hearted proprietor to live under than VOL . II . G Mr. When you return , Mr. Miller . When you return 81.
... wish the offers to be made you there may answer ; as I am per- suaded you will not easily find a more generous and better hearted proprietor to live under than VOL . II . G Mr. When you return , Mr. Miller . When you return 81.
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... sweet inheritance Of my fathers , May I and mine live in peace , And die in joyful hope ! These inscriptions , and the translations , are in the hand - writing of Mr. Ramsay . E. which he is engaged of much importance , un- less 95.
... sweet inheritance Of my fathers , May I and mine live in peace , And die in joyful hope ! These inscriptions , and the translations , are in the hand - writing of Mr. Ramsay . E. which he is engaged of much importance , un- less 95.
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... live as he did ! if you do , you can never be un- happy . I feel myself grown serious all at once , and affected in a manner I cannot describe . I shall only add , that it is one of the greatest pleasures I promise myself before I die ...
... live as he did ! if you do , you can never be un- happy . I feel myself grown serious all at once , and affected in a manner I cannot describe . I shall only add , that it is one of the greatest pleasures I promise myself before I die ...
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... live by , with so small a stock , I shall lodge this sum in a banking - house , a sacred de- posit excepting only the calls of uncommon dis- tress or necessitous old age : ** These , my lord , are my views : I have re- solved from the ...
... live by , with so small a stock , I shall lodge this sum in a banking - house , a sacred de- posit excepting only the calls of uncommon dis- tress or necessitous old age : ** These , my lord , are my views : I have re- solved from the ...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, Criticism on ..., Том 2 Robert Burns Попередній перегляд недоступний - 1819 |
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acquaintance amiable Ayrshire ballad bard BLACKLOCK Burns character charming Coila compliments composition copy creature criticisms dare DEAR SIR Dumfries DUNLOP Earl Earl of Caithness Earl of Glencairn Earl of Mar Edinburgh Ellisland esteem fame fancy favour favourite feel fellow Fintry follies fortune friendship genius gentleman give grateful happy hear heart honest hope House of Stewart HUGH BLAIR human humble servant idea inclosed Kildrummie castle kind lady late letter Lord Mauchline ment merit mind muse Mylne's nature never obliging Omeron Cameron perhaps perusal pleased pleasure poem poet poetic poetry poor present pride RAMSAY Reverend rhyme ROBERT BURNS Scota Scotland Scottish sent sentiment shew sincerely song soon soul spirit stanza Stewart sweet taste tell thanks thee thing thou thought tion truly tune verses virtue wish wretch write
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Сторінка 241 - 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 142 - An' fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie: The boat rocks at the pier o...
Сторінка 59 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, 'No storied urn nor animated bust;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Сторінка 149 - ... in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry. Tell me, my dear friend, to what can this be owing! Are we a piece of machinery, which, like the ./Eolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident; or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clod...
Сторінка 149 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Сторінка 148 - 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, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Сторінка 259 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Сторінка 215 - But to conclude my silly rhyme, (I'm scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Сторінка 222 - 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?
Сторінка 105 - 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.