The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volumen21800 |
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... Lord Glencairn , XLV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . 135 Written on recovery from sickness , 137 • XLVI . EXTRACT TO THE SAME . Feb. 1788. Defence of himself , 12th · 139 XLVII . TO A LADY . 7th March , 1788. Who bad beard that be ...
... Lord Glencairn , XLV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . 135 Written on recovery from sickness , 137 • XLVI . EXTRACT TO THE SAME . Feb. 1788. Defence of himself , 12th · 139 XLVII . TO A LADY . 7th March , 1788. Who bad beard that be ...
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... Lord Monboddo , at whose house I have had the honour to be more than once . There has not been any thing nearly like her , in all the combination of beauty , grace , and goodness , the great Creator has formed , since Milton's Eve on ...
... Lord Monboddo , at whose house I have had the honour to be more than once . There has not been any thing nearly like her , in all the combination of beauty , grace , and goodness , the great Creator has formed , since Milton's Eve on ...
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... LORD , As I have but slender pretensions to philosophy , I cannot rise to the exalted ideas of a citizen of the world ; but have all those national prejudices , which I believe glow peculiarly strong in the breast of a Scotchman . There ...
... LORD , As I have but slender pretensions to philosophy , I cannot rise to the exalted ideas of a citizen of the world ; but have all those national prejudices , which I believe glow peculiarly strong in the breast of a Scotchman . There ...
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... lord , certainly deserves my very grateful acknowledgments ; but your patronage is a bounty peculiarly suited to my feelings . I am not master enough of the etiquette of life to know , whether there be not some impropriety in troubling ...
... lord , certainly deserves my very grateful acknowledgments ; but your patronage is a bounty peculiarly suited to my feelings . I am not master enough of the etiquette of life to know , whether there be not some impropriety in troubling ...
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... Lord Eglinton , with ten guineas by way of subscription for two copies of my next edition . To write him a mere matter - of- The word you object to in the mention I have made of my glorious countryman and your immor- tal ancestor , is ...
... Lord Eglinton , with ten guineas by way of subscription for two copies of my next edition . To write him a mere matter - of- The word you object to in the mention I have made of my glorious countryman and your immor- tal ancestor , is ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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?