The Works of Robert Burns;: General correspondance; including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and A. Constable and Company, Manners and Miller, Fairbairn and Anderson, A. Black, W. and C. Tait, at Edinburgh; and G. Clark, at Aberdeen., 1820 |
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Pàgina 12
... acquaintance of that part of mankind , commonly known by the or- dinary phrase of blackguards ; sometimes far- ther than was consistent with the safety of my character : those who by thoughtless prodiga- lity , or headstrong passions ...
... acquaintance of that part of mankind , commonly known by the or- dinary phrase of blackguards ; sometimes far- ther than was consistent with the safety of my character : those who by thoughtless prodiga- lity , or headstrong passions ...
Pàgina 25
... acquainted with me , Ma- dam , you could not have touched my darling heart - chord more sweetly than by noticing my attempts attempts to celebrate your illustrious ancestor , the Saviour of 25 To Mrs DUNLOP Thanks for her notice Praise ...
... acquainted with me , Ma- dam , you could not have touched my darling heart - chord more sweetly than by noticing my attempts attempts to celebrate your illustrious ancestor , the Saviour of 25 To Mrs DUNLOP Thanks for her notice Praise ...
Pàgina 28
... character I shall ever with grateful pleasure remember ; the recep- tion I got when I had the honor of waiting on you at Stair . I am little acquainted with politeness , * Miss A ******** politeness , but I know a good deal of benevo 28.
... character I shall ever with grateful pleasure remember ; the recep- tion I got when I had the honor of waiting on you at Stair . I am little acquainted with politeness , * Miss A ******** politeness , but I know a good deal of benevo 28.
Pàgina 48
... acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I have chiefly mingled , I may have seen men and manners in a different phasis from what is common , which may assist originality of thought . Still I know very well the novelty of my ...
... acquainted with the classes of mankind among whom I have chiefly mingled , I may have seen men and manners in a different phasis from what is common , which may assist originality of thought . Still I know very well the novelty of my ...
Pàgina 108
... acquaintance , I doubt not you will relish the man as much as his works , in which there is a rich vein of intel- lectual ore . He has heard some of our High- land luenigs , or songs , played , which delighted him so much , that he has ...
... acquaintance , I doubt not you will relish the man as much as his works , in which there is a rich vein of intel- lectual ore . He has heard some of our High- land luenigs , or songs , played , which delighted him so much , that he has ...
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acquaintance Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful BLACKLOCK brother Burns character charming compliments composition copy creature criticism CUNNINGHAM dare DEAR SIR debts of honor Dryburgh Abbey Dumfries DUNLOP Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh Ellisland esteem excise fame fancy fate favor favorite feel fellow Fintry follies friendship genius gentleman give happy hear heart Heaven honest honor hope House of Stewart human idea inclosed JOHN SKINNER kind lady late letter Lord Mauchline merit mind misery muse Nancy native nature ness never Nithsdale obliging patron perhaps pity pleased pleasure poem poet poetic poetry poor present pride reason reverend rhymes ROBERT BURNS Robert Fergusson Scotland Scottish sent sentiment Shanter shew sincerely sing song soon soul spirit stanzas Stewart sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion truly verses virtue wish wretch write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 197 - 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...
Pàgina 68 - No sculptur'd 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.
Pàgina 203 - 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.
Pàgina 13 - I believe, may be partly owing to my misfortunes giving my mind a melancholy cast : but there is something even in the ' Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep stretch'd o'er the buried earth," which raises the mind to a serious sublimity favourable to every thing great and noble.
Pàgina 329 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Pàgina 196 - 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...
Pàgina 76 - I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which, heaven knows ! I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.
Pàgina 204 - 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.
Pàgina 459 - Still there are two great pillars that bear us up, amid the wreck of misfortune and misery. The ONE is composed of the different modifications of a certain noble, stubborn something in man, known by the names of courage, fortitude, magnanimity.
Pàgina 48 - For my part, my first ambition was, and still my strongest wish is, to please my compeers, the rustic inmates of the hamlet, while ever-changing language and manners shall allow me to be relished and understood.