The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21806 |
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... notice . Praise of her ancestor , Sir William Wallace , 21 V. To Mrs. STEWART of Stair . Inclosing a 23 poem on Miss A- VI . Proclamation in the name of the Muses , . . 26 VII . Dr. BLACKLOCK to the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Encouraging the Bard ...
... notice . Praise of her ancestor , Sir William Wallace , 21 V. To Mrs. STEWART of Stair . Inclosing a 23 poem on Miss A- VI . Proclamation in the name of the Muses , . . 26 VII . Dr. BLACKLOCK to the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Encouraging the Bard ...
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... notice of him in his letters to Mrs. Dunlop , · • • XIII . From Dr. MOORE . 23d Jan. 1787. In answer to the foregoing , and inclosing a 42 sonnet on the Bard , by Miss Williams , . 44 XIV . To the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Thanks for ad- vice ...
... notice of him in his letters to Mrs. Dunlop , · • • XIII . From Dr. MOORE . 23d Jan. 1787. In answer to the foregoing , and inclosing a 42 sonnet on the Bard , by Miss Williams , . 44 XIV . To the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Thanks for ad- vice ...
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... notice of him , should heap the altar with the incense of flattery . Their high an- cestry , their own great and godlike qualities and actions , should be recounted with the most exaggerated description . This , Madam , is a task for ...
... notice of him , should heap the altar with the incense of flattery . Their high an- cestry , their own great and godlike qualities and actions , should be recounted with the most exaggerated description . This , Madam , is a task for ...
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... notice ; but in a most enlightened , informed age and nation , when poetry is and has been the study of men of the first natural genius , aided with all the powers of polite of polite learning , polite books , and polite company - to be ...
... notice ; but in a most enlightened , informed age and nation , when poetry is and has been the study of men of the first natural genius , aided with all the powers of polite of polite learning , polite books , and polite company - to be ...
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... notice I have lately had ; and in a language where Pope and Churchill have raised the laugh , and Shenstone and Gray drawn the tear - where Thomson and Beattie have painted the landscape , and Little- ton and Collins described the heart ...
... notice I have lately had ; and in a language where Pope and Churchill have raised the laugh , and Shenstone and Gray drawn the tear - where Thomson and Beattie have painted the landscape , and Little- ton and Collins described the heart ...
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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.