Burns Chronicle and Club Directory, Zväzky 6–7 |
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Strana 11
... might False Faith revile thee , whilst the True Thou summoned like a dead saint from the tomb , In light and love to walk the earth anew , Nor vainly cast , where'er her altars rise , Fresh incense on the pure heart's sacrifice !
... might False Faith revile thee , whilst the True Thou summoned like a dead saint from the tomb , In light and love to walk the earth anew , Nor vainly cast , where'er her altars rise , Fresh incense on the pure heart's sacrifice !
Strana 28
Possibly some may suggest that the philosophy and the morality inculcated by Burns are insisted every Sabbath Day in kirk , church , and chapel , and no doubt , to a large extent , that is true . on may lack But , though the philosophy ...
Possibly some may suggest that the philosophy and the morality inculcated by Burns are insisted every Sabbath Day in kirk , church , and chapel , and no doubt , to a large extent , that is true . on may lack But , though the philosophy ...
Strana 29
... in lines with which every Scotch husband , every Scotch wife , and every Scotch child is as familiar as with the Lord's prayer :“ To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife , That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life .
... in lines with which every Scotch husband , every Scotch wife , and every Scotch child is as familiar as with the Lord's prayer :“ To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife , That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life .
Strana 30
... and that he loved them over much , or at anyrate that he loved them very much in the wrong sort of way . I am afraid that this does not meet with an echo in At the same time I cannot help thinking that it is true .
... and that he loved them over much , or at anyrate that he loved them very much in the wrong sort of way . I am afraid that this does not meet with an echo in At the same time I cannot help thinking that it is true .
Strana 31
... predecessor in the Laureateship— “ He is always true when he sings of Nature ; he knows her well . ” ( Applause . ) Mr. AUSTIN , who was greeted with loud applause , said he had already observed that it would be extremely difficult ...
... predecessor in the Laureateship— “ He is always true when he sings of Nature ; he knows her well . ” ( Applause . ) Mr. AUSTIN , who was greeted with loud applause , said he had already observed that it would be extremely difficult ...
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Strana 67 - Is there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave.
Strana 101 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Strana 100 - Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted ; Five scimitars wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled ; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...
Strana 76 - But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Strana 76 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Strana 76 - Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Strana 55 - All the faculties of Burns's mind were, as far as I could judge, equally vigorous ; and his predilection for poetry was rather the result of his own enthusiastic and impassioned temper, than of a genius exclusively adapted to that species of composition.
Strana 56 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Christopher's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Strana 100 - Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light— By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa span-lang, wee unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi...
Strana 49 - For these two months I have not been able to lift a pen. My constitution and frame were, ab origine, blasted with a deep incurable taint of hypochondria, which poisons my existence.