The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volumen21800 |
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... tion of the recent and unpremeditated effusions of a man of genius been committed to the press . Of the following letters of Burns , a consider- able number were transmitted for publication , by the individuals to whom they are ...
... tion of the recent and unpremeditated effusions of a man of genius been committed to the press . Of the following letters of Burns , a consider- able number were transmitted for publication , by the individuals to whom they are ...
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... tion I have gotten ; but as a man of the world , I am most miserably deficient . One would have thought that , bred as I have been under a father , who has figured pretty well as un homme des affaires , I might have been what the world ...
... tion I have gotten ; but as a man of the world , I am most miserably deficient . One would have thought that , bred as I have been under a father , who has figured pretty well as un homme des affaires , I might have been what the world ...
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... tion was his muse : she taught him in rustic measures to complain . Happy , could he have done it with your strength of imagination , and flow of verse ! May the turf lie lightly on your bones ! and may you now enjoy that solace and ...
... tion was his muse : she taught him in rustic measures to complain . Happy , could he have done it with your strength of imagination , and flow of verse ! May the turf lie lightly on your bones ! and may you now enjoy that solace and ...
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... tion ; but should inimical circumstances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or enjoying it only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for this last complaint ; as the world , in general , has ...
... tion ; but should inimical circumstances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or enjoying it only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for this last complaint ; as the world , in general , has ...
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... tion of some mutual friend . It has been told me by a gentleman , to whom I shewed the per- formances , and who sought a copy with diligence and ardour , that the whole impression is already exhausted . It were therefore much to be ...
... tion of some mutual friend . It has been told me by a gentleman , to whom I shewed the per- formances , and who sought a copy with diligence and ardour , that the whole impression is already exhausted . It were therefore much to be ...
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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?