The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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Strana 53
... obliging as to transmit , or if you chance to pass soon by Dunlop , to give to her . I am happy to hear that your subscription is so ample , and shall rejoice at every piece of good fortune that befals you ; for you are a very great ...
... obliging as to transmit , or if you chance to pass soon by Dunlop , to give to her . I am happy to hear that your subscription is so ample , and shall rejoice at every piece of good fortune that befals you ; for you are a very great ...
Strana 79
... obliging letter , together with an impres- sion of your portrait , for which I return you my best thanks . The success you have met with I do not think was beyond your merits ; and if I have had any small hand in contribut- ing to it ...
... obliging letter , together with an impres- sion of your portrait , for which I return you my best thanks . The success you have met with I do not think was beyond your merits ; and if I have had any small hand in contribut- ing to it ...
Strana 158
... obliging . As to honest J - Se , he is such a contented happy man that I know not what can annoy him , except perhaps he may not have got the better of a parcel of modest anec- dotes which a certain poet gave him one night at supper ...
... obliging . As to honest J - Se , he is such a contented happy man that I know not what can annoy him , except perhaps he may not have got the better of a parcel of modest anec- dotes which a certain poet gave him one night at supper ...
Strana 176
... obliging as to send to me . Were I im- pannelled one of the author's jury to determine his criminality respecting the sin of poesy , my verdict should be " guilty ! A poet of nature's making . " It is an excellent method for im ...
... obliging as to send to me . Were I im- pannelled one of the author's jury to determine his criminality respecting the sin of poesy , my verdict should be " guilty ! A poet of nature's making . " It is an excellent method for im ...
Strana 215
... obliging letter which accompanied Mr. Mylne's poem . I am much to blame : the honour Mr. Mylne has done me , greatly enhanced in its value by the endearing , though melancholy circum- stance of its being the last production of his muse ...
... obliging letter which accompanied Mr. Mylne's poem . I am much to blame : the honour Mr. Mylne has done me , greatly enhanced in its value by the endearing , though melancholy circum- stance of its being the last production of his muse ...
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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...