The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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Strana vii
... sent to his correspondents before him ) he seems to have occasionally enlarged his observations , and altered his expressions . In such instances his emendations have been adopted ; but in truth there are but five of the letters thus ...
... sent to his correspondents before him ) he seems to have occasionally enlarged his observations , and altered his expressions . In such instances his emendations have been adopted ; but in truth there are but five of the letters thus ...
Strana xi
... John MURDOCH , in Lon- don . 28th Oct. In answer to No. I. 107 XXXV . From Mr. 31st Oct. 1787 . Gordon Castle , Acknowledging a song sent to Lady Charlotte Gordon , 110 b 2 No. Page XXXVI . From the Rev. J. SKINNER . CONTENTS . xi.
... John MURDOCH , in Lon- don . 28th Oct. In answer to No. I. 107 XXXV . From Mr. 31st Oct. 1787 . Gordon Castle , Acknowledging a song sent to Lady Charlotte Gordon , 110 b 2 No. Page XXXVI . From the Rev. J. SKINNER . CONTENTS . xi.
Strana 2
... sent into the world to see , and observe ; and I very easi- ly compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing original about him which shews me human nature in a differ- ent light from any thing I have seen ...
... sent into the world to see , and observe ; and I very easi- ly compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing original about him which shews me human nature in a differ- ent light from any thing I have seen ...
Strana 19
... sent resolution ; but should inimical circum- stances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or , enjoying it , only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for complaint , as the world , in general ...
... sent resolution ; but should inimical circum- stances forbid me closing with your kind offer , or , enjoying it , only threaten to entail farther misery- To tell the truth , I have little reason for complaint , as the world , in general ...
Strana 23
... sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their appearance , except to a friend or two at most . Perhaps some of them may be no great entertainment to you ; but of that I am far from being an adequate judge . The song to the ...
... sent you a parcel of songs , & c . which never made their appearance , except to a friend or two at most . Perhaps some of them may be no great entertainment to you ; but of that I am far from being an adequate judge . The song to the ...
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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...