The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volumen21800 |
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... Nature her great masterpiece designed , 182 While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things , 418 While soon " the garden's flaunting flowers " decay , 56 Wow , but your letter made me vauntie ! 269 and spake word , ERRATA IN VOL . II .
... Nature her great masterpiece designed , 182 While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things , 418 While soon " the garden's flaunting flowers " decay , 56 Wow , but your letter made me vauntie ! 269 and spake word , ERRATA IN VOL . II .
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... you , and it is this ; that you would soon either put an end to my hopes by a peremptory refusal , or cure me of my fears by a generous consent . It would oblige me much if you would send me me a line or two when convenient . I shall ( 8 )
... you , and it is this ; that you would soon either put an end to my hopes by a peremptory refusal , or cure me of my fears by a generous consent . It would oblige me much if you would send me me a line or two when convenient . I shall ( 8 )
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... soon leave this place , I wish to see you or hear from you soon ; and if an expression should perhaps escape me rather too warm for friendship , I hope you will pardon it in , my dear Miss dear expression for once . ) ( pardon me the No ...
... soon leave this place , I wish to see you or hear from you soon ; and if an expression should perhaps escape me rather too warm for friendship , I hope you will pardon it in , my dear Miss dear expression for once . ) ( pardon me the No ...
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... soon into business ; the consequences of my follies , which may perhaps make it impracticable for me to stay at home ; and besides I have for some time been pining un- der secret wretchedness , from causes which you pretty pretty well ...
... soon into business ; the consequences of my follies , which may perhaps make it impracticable for me to stay at home ; and besides I have for some time been pining un- der secret wretchedness , from causes which you pretty pretty well ...
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... soon as I intended . I have here sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their ap- pearance , except to a friend or two at most . Per- haps some of them may be no great entertainment to you , but of that I am far from being ...
... soon as I intended . I have here sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their ap- pearance , except to a friend or two at most . Per- haps some of them may be no great entertainment to you , but of that I am far from being ...
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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?