The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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Strana vii
... copied an inconsiderable num- ber of them into a book , which he presented to Robert Riddel , of Glenriddel , Esq . Among these was the account of his life , addressed to Dr. Moore , and printed in the first volume . In copying from his ...
... copied an inconsiderable num- ber of them into a book , which he presented to Robert Riddel , of Glenriddel , Esq . Among these was the account of his life , addressed to Dr. Moore , and printed in the first volume . In copying from his ...
Strana 16
... copies would cost about twenty seven pounds , and the printing about fifteen or sixteen : he offers to agree to this for the printing , if I will advance for the paper ; but this you know , is out of my power ; this , 16.
... copies would cost about twenty seven pounds , and the printing about fifteen or sixteen : he offers to agree to this for the printing , if I will advance for the paper ; but this you know , is out of my power ; this , 16.
Strana 21
... copies , and incomparably more by the handsome compliments you are pleased to pay my poetic abilities . I am fully persuaded that there is not any class of mankind so feelingly alive to the titillations of applause as the sons of ...
... copies , and incomparably more by the handsome compliments you are pleased to pay my poetic abilities . I am fully persuaded that there is not any class of mankind so feelingly alive to the titillations of applause as the sons of ...
Strana 24
... copy . I am quite aware , Madam , what task the world would assign me in this letter . The ob- scure bard , when any of the great condescend to take notice of him , should heap the altar with the incense of flattery . Their high an ...
... copy . I am quite aware , Madam , what task the world would assign me in this letter . The ob- scure bard , when any of the great condescend to take notice of him , should heap the altar with the incense of flattery . Their high an ...
Strana 27
... copy whereof We have here inclosed ; Our WILL THEREFORE IS , that YE pitch upon and appoint the most exe- crable Individual of that most execrable Spe- cies , known by the appellation , phrase , and nickname of THE DEIL'S YELL NOWTE ...
... copy whereof We have here inclosed ; Our WILL THEREFORE IS , that YE pitch upon and appoint the most exe- crable Individual of that most execrable Spe- cies , known by the appellation , phrase , and nickname of THE DEIL'S YELL NOWTE ...
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acquaintance admired Anno Domini Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful believe Blacklock bosom character charming compliments copy criticisms dare DEAR SIR Dumfries DUNLOP Earl Earl granted Earl of Glencairn Earl of Mar Edinburgh Ellisland esteem fame fancy fate favour favourite feel Fergusson Fintry follies fortune friendship genius gentleman give grateful gratitude happy hear heart honest hope House of Stewart human humble servant idea inclosed kind lady late letter lord lordship Lowrie Madam mankind Mauchline meer common merit mind Miss MOORE muse native nature never noble obliging Omeron patronage perhaps perusal pleased pleasure poems poet poetic poetry poor pride Reverend rhyme ROBERT BURNS Robert Fergusson Scotland Scottish sent sentiment shew sincerely song soon soul stanzas Stewart taste tell thee thing thou thought tion truly tune verses virtue wish write
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Strana 63 - No sculptured 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.
Strana 253 - Man, this is one of the most extraordinary, that he shall go on from day to day, from week to week, from month to month...
Strana 197 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Strana 447 - ... disfigure them, are yet, I am convinced, original and component parts of the human soul ; those senses of the mind, if I may be allowed the expression, which connect us with, and link us to, those awful obscure realities — an allpowerful, and equally beneficent God ; and a world to come, beyond death and the grave.
Strana 196 - 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.
Strana 11 - 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.
Strana 190 - 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. The boat rocks at the pier o...
Strana 319 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Strana 329 - Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And, by some devilish...
Strana 448 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...