Life of Robert BurnsConstable and Company, 1828 - 310 strán (strany) |
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... remarkable for her ignorance , credulity , and superstition . She had , I suppose , the largest collection in the coun- try of tales and songs concerning devils , ghosts , fairies , brownies , witches , warlocks , spunkies , kel- pies ...
... remarkable for her ignorance , credulity , and superstition . She had , I suppose , the largest collection in the coun- try of tales and songs concerning devils , ghosts , fairies , brownies , witches , warlocks , spunkies , kel- pies ...
Strana 39
... remarkable one : - giddy raptures so much talked of among lovers . I have of- ten thought , that if a well - grounded affection be not really a part of virtue , ' tis something extremely akin to it . When- ever the thought of my E ...
... remarkable one : - giddy raptures so much talked of among lovers . I have of- ten thought , that if a well - grounded affection be not really a part of virtue , ' tis something extremely akin to it . When- ever the thought of my E ...
Strana 44
... remarkable for strict habits of ab- stemiousness , than his unfortunate friend ever in reality was for the reverse ; and worldly prosperity having attend- ed his industry in a very uncommon degree , he survived till lately ( if he does ...
... remarkable for strict habits of ab- stemiousness , than his unfortunate friend ever in reality was for the reverse ; and worldly prosperity having attend- ed his industry in a very uncommon degree , he survived till lately ( if he does ...
Strana 55
... remarkable for a more than ordinary portion of constitutional firmness . " * Every Scotch peasant who makes any preten- sion to understanding , is a theological critic - at least such was the case - and Burns , no doubt , had long ere ...
... remarkable for a more than ordinary portion of constitutional firmness . " * Every Scotch peasant who makes any preten- sion to understanding , is a theological critic - at least such was the case - and Burns , no doubt , had long ere ...
Strana 60
... remarkable talents , particularly in public speaking , had the principal management of Macgill's cause before the Presbytery , and , I be- lieve , also before the Synod . He was an intimate friend of Hamilton , and through him had about ...
... remarkable talents , particularly in public speaking , had the principal management of Macgill's cause before the Presbytery , and , I be- lieve , also before the Synod . He was an intimate friend of Hamilton , and through him had about ...
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Strana 258 - 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 create...
Strana 187 - 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 114 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
Strana 297 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the...
Strana 264 - 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.
Strana 24 - I was not so presumptuous as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love ! and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he...
Strana 81 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Strana 187 - On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.
Strana 80 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O
Strana 188 - 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.