The Life of Robert BurnsG. Bell and Sons, 1905 - 349 стор. |
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... period party feeling ran high in Edinburgh , opponents did not always confine themselves to a war with paper , and at least one fatal catastrophe occurred , which left a lasting impression on Lockhart's mind . It was through the ...
... period party feeling ran high in Edinburgh , opponents did not always confine themselves to a war with paper , and at least one fatal catastrophe occurred , which left a lasting impression on Lockhart's mind . It was through the ...
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... The Ellisland period . CHAPTER VIII . The Dumfries period till near the close CHAPTER IX . The very end - The summing up · APPENDIX . - Five Articles b 48 86 · 103 144 178 • 219 266 323 UNIZ OF LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS . CHAPTER I. "
... The Ellisland period . CHAPTER VIII . The Dumfries period till near the close CHAPTER IX . The very end - The summing up · APPENDIX . - Five Articles b 48 86 · 103 144 178 • 219 266 323 UNIZ OF LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS . CHAPTER I. "
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... period and books to Mrs. Dunlop , he says , " For several of my earlier years I had few other authors ; and many a solitary hour have I stole out , after the laborious vocations of the day , to shed a tear over their glorious but ...
... period and books to Mrs. Dunlop , he says , " For several of my earlier years I had few other authors ; and many a solitary hour have I stole out , after the laborious vocations of the day , to shed a tear over their glorious but ...
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... period . This was James Candlish , who afterwards distin- guished himself , first as a debater in juvenile clubs , and thereafter as a medical lecturer in Glasgow and in Edinburgh . Their friendship was farther cemented by the ...
... period . This was James Candlish , who afterwards distin- guished himself , first as a debater in juvenile clubs , and thereafter as a medical lecturer in Glasgow and in Edinburgh . Their friendship was farther cemented by the ...
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... period in greater detail- " To the buffetings of misfortune , " says he , we could only oppose hard labour and the most rigid economy . We lived very sparingly . For several years butcher's meat was a stranger in the house , while all ...
... period in greater detail- " To the buffetings of misfortune , " says he , we could only oppose hard labour and the most rigid economy . We lived very sparingly . For several years butcher's meat was a stranger in the house , while all ...
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2nd Edition A. H. Bullen acquaintance addressed admiration afterwards Allan Cunningham appears auld Ayrshire bard beautiful Blair brother Burns's character circumstances composed correspondence Cromek Currie Currie's dear death delight Dugald Stewart Dumfries Dunlop early Edinburgh Elliesland English Essays Excise farm father favour favourite feelings Gavin Hamilton genius Gilbert Burns Greenock hand heart History honour Illustrations Irvine James Jean Jenny Geddes John kind labours lady lated letter lived Lockhart manners Mary Mauchline Memoir mind Mossgiel Muses nature never occasion parish passion perhaps period person pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry political Portraits printed Prose published reader residence revised Robert Burns Robert Chambers says scenes Scotch Scotland Scottish sentiments Shanter Sir Walter Scott society song spirit stanzas Stewart talents Tarbolton Thomson thought tion Trans Translated verses vols Walker William Burnes writing young
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Сторінка 194 - 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.
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Сторінка 274 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
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Сторінка 178 - To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Сторінка 190 - O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?