Life of Robert BurnsW. Stodart, 1831 - 320 strán (strany) |
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Strana iii
... circumstance not a little remarkable , that one who consents to approach so difficult a subject as that of the fame of Burns , should have it in his power to state , that hitherto , almost to a man , his biographers , critics , and ...
... circumstance not a little remarkable , that one who consents to approach so difficult a subject as that of the fame of Burns , should have it in his power to state , that hitherto , almost to a man , his biographers , critics , and ...
Strana iv
... circumstance of the Scots being his na- tive language , he is very naturally , à priori , disqualified from arriving at the same felicity and skill in the use of Eng- lish , and more especially when it is considered that iv ESSAY .
... circumstance of the Scots being his na- tive language , he is very naturally , à priori , disqualified from arriving at the same felicity and skill in the use of Eng- lish , and more especially when it is considered that iv ESSAY .
Strana xv
... circumstances and habits of life admitted of continuous attention , as well as of fitful ardor , neither an epic poem , nor a tragedy of the very first character , would have been found beyond the compass of those herculean powers ...
... circumstances and habits of life admitted of continuous attention , as well as of fitful ardor , neither an epic poem , nor a tragedy of the very first character , would have been found beyond the compass of those herculean powers ...
Strana 21
... circumstance not to be wondered at , when we consider that he had been educated in a district which was never numbered among the strong - holds of the Presby- terian church . The affectionate reverence with which his children ever ...
... circumstance not to be wondered at , when we consider that he had been educated in a district which was never numbered among the strong - holds of the Presby- terian church . The affectionate reverence with which his children ever ...
Strana 22
... circumstances . ' 99 These defects of temper did not , however , ob- scure the sterling worth of William Burnes in the eyes of Mr. Ferguson ; who , when his gardener expressed a wish to try his fortune on a farm of his then vacant , and ...
... circumstances . ' 99 These defects of temper did not , however , ob- scure the sterling worth of William Burnes in the eyes of Mr. Ferguson ; who , when his gardener expressed a wish to try his fortune on a farm of his then vacant , and ...
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Strana 266 - He is a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind ; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him ; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the universe, and habitually impelled to...
Strana 104 - FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro...
Strana 184 - And mony a hill between ; But, day and night, my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Strana 181 - To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Strana 196 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the harebell, the foxglove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Strana 48 - ... backwards and forwards in a moral and religious way. I am quite transported at the thought that ere long, perhaps very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and...
Strana 121 - I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ;...
Strana 97 - I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia—"The gloomy night is gathering fast,
Strana 220 - It was little in Burns's character to let his feelings on certain subjects escape in this fashion. He, immediately after reciting these verses, assumed the sprightliness of his most pleasing manner ; and taking his young friend home with him, entertained him very agreeably till the hour of the ball arrived.
Strana 24 - This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places : and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such matters, yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle terrors.