The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 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 , " 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 , " 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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50 Cents Anne Boleyn auld bard beautiful believe better bonnie Burns's called character charms Cottar's Saturday Night dear death delight Dumfries duty earth Edinburgh Ellisland Excise eyes fear feeling felt frae gauger genius George Thomson glorious hand happy hear heard heart heaven Hector Macneil hope hour human humble imagination inspired Jean Josiah Walker knew labor live look Lord Mauchline mind moral morning Mossgiel mourn muse nature never noble o'er passion pity pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry poor Price 50 Cents pride proud racter Robert Burns rustic Scotland Scots wha hae Scottish sentiments Shanter sing song soul spirit stanza story sugh sweet taste tears tells tender thee Thomson thou thought thro tion truth verse virtue volume walk Waverley Novels Whyles wife William Burnes words writes
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Sida 67 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Sida 124 - Then let us pray that come it may — As come it will for a...
Sida 144 - Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! •Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die...
Sida 34 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Sida 172 - 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 189 - 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 16 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O 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?
Sida 185 - ... 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 33 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Sida 128 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.