The Genius and Character of Robert Burns: An Essay and Criticism on His Life and Writings, with Quotations from the Best PassagesW. Gowans, 1861 - 222 sidor |
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... kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you a description of all the manly qualities , the rational and Chris- tian virtues , of the venerable William Burnes . I shall only add that he practised every known duty , and ...
... kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you a description of all the manly qualities , the rational and Chris- tian virtues , of the venerable William Burnes . I shall only add that he practised every known duty , and ...
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... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr. Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert ...
... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr. Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert ...
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... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
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... kind , " says the excellent Currie , 66 required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination — not he , indeed — not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our existence . He knew ...
... kind , " says the excellent Currie , 66 required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination — not he , indeed — not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our existence . He knew ...
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... kind of composition in which it has been thought Burns does not excel . As for example , " Nae mair the flower on field or meadow springs ; Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings , Except perhaps the Robin's whistling glee , Proud o ...
... kind of composition in which it has been thought Burns does not excel . As for example , " Nae mair the flower on field or meadow springs ; Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings , Except perhaps the Robin's whistling glee , Proud o ...
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The Genius and Character of Robert Burns: An Essay and Criticism on His Life ... John Wilson Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1861 |
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Sida 55 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Sida 15 - mang the dewy weet, Wi' speckled breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth : Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form.
Sida 133 - Return Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy streams; return Sicilian Muse, And call the Vales, and bid them hither cast Their Bells, and Flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use, Of shades and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart Star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Sida 174 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Sida 37 - Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's...
Sida 191 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Sida 172 - Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root.
Sida 187 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Sida 113 - I walk out, sit down now and then, look out for objects in nature around me that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on. Seriously, this,...
Sida 35 - Wallace's undaunted heart; Who dared to nobly stem tyrannic pride, Or nobly die, the second glorious part, (The patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, His friend, inspirer, guardian, and reward !) 0 never, never, Scotia's realm desert: But still the patriot, and the patriot bard, In bright succession raise, her ornament and guard !" We said there are few more perfect poems.