The prose works of Robert Burns; containing his letters and correspondence and amatory epistles

Robert Burns

1819

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LETTERS	1

Be a	2

Bard to visit Edinburgh and print a new Edition of	29

To Mrs Dunlop Jan 15 1787 Account of his Situation	35

To Mr Ainslie Description of bis Tour in the Higblapds 72	36

To Dr Moore In answer to the foregoing and inclosing	39

From Mr John Murdoch in London Oct 28 1787In	40

To the Earl of Buchao Reply to a Letter of Advice	46

To Dr Mackenzie Inclosing extempore VersesCharac ter of Professor D Stewart	243

To J Ballantyne Esq A Host of Patrons	244

To Mrs Dunlop Sep 24 Account of his Family	245

To J Ballantyne Esq Mr Millers Offer of a Farm at DalswintonHonours done him at a Mason Lodge	246

To the same Letter of Condolence under Affliction	247

To the same With a Poem entitled the Rights of Wo men	248

To Mr James Candlish Return from Scepticism to Re ligionStill the old Man with his Deeds	249

To the same Engages to assist Johnson in the Scots Mu sical Museum	250

To Mrs Dunlop March 22 1787 Respecting his Prospects	52

To	59

To Mrs Dunlop March 4 Reflectious after a Visit	68

To Mr MʻAuley of Dumbarton June 4 Account of	74

To	78

To Sir John Sinclair Account of a Book Society among	84

No Page 117 From A F Tytler Esq Nov 27 Criticism on the Whis	117

To Mrs Dunlop al Moreham Maine Nov 13	119

Anacharsis	146

To Mrs Dunlop Account of the Death of her Daughter and of his own ill Healih	147

To Mrs R June 4 1766 Apology for not going to the Birthnight Assembly	148

To Mrs Burns Sea Bathing affords little Relief	150

To Mrs Dunlop July 12 1796 Last Farewell	151

152 CORRESPONDENCE between Mr THOMPSON and Mr BURNS including Criticisms on Scottish Poetry	152

No Page	177

91	180

To Mr Cunningham Aug 8 Aspirations after Indepen	186

Burnet	196

To Dr Moore Inclosing Tam o Shanter c	202

To the Rev Arch Alison Feb 14 Acknowledging	209

u1 From the Earl of Bochan Inviting the Bard to the Coro	217

From Sir John Whitefoord Oct 16 Thanks for the	223

tle and the Lament	224

To Miss Davies Apology for neglecting her Coinmands Moral Reflections	226

To Mrs Dunlop Inclosing the Song of Death	229

To Mrs Duplop Jan 5 1792 Acknowledging the Pre sent of a Cup	230

To Mr William Smellie Printer Jan 22 Introducing Mrs Riddel	231

To Mr W Nicol Ironical Thanks for Advice	233

To Mr Cunningham March 3 Commissions his Arms to be cut on a Seal Moral Reflections	235

To Mrs Dunlop Account of his meeting with Miss B and inclosing a Song on her	237

and on many of his Songs	238

To Mr M Wie Writer Ayr With four Copies of his Poems Anxiety of a Poet militant	239

To Mr Cunningham Wild Apostrophe to a Spirit	240

To Mr David Brice About to coin mence Poet in Print and then purposes to turn a wise	241

To Gavin Hamilton Rising FameHis Birthday to be ipserted in the AlmanacksPatronage	242

To Miss B of York Letter of Friendship	251

To Miss C Character and Temperament of a Poet	252

To John M Murdo Esq Repaying Money	254

To a Lady In favour of a Players Benefit	256

To Mr On his Prospects in the Excise	257

To Mrs Paying his Respects On the ginhorse Class of Society	258

To the same	259

To the same Lending Werter	260

To the same On a Return of interrupted Friendship	261

To ihe same On a temporary Estrangement ib 140 To John Syme Esq Reflections on the Happiness of Mr O	262

To Miss Requesting the Return of Manuscripts lent to a deceased Friend	264

To Mr Cunningham Melancholy Reflections Chearing Prospects of a better World	265

To Mrs R Supposes himself to be writing from the Dead to the Living	268

To Mrs Dunlop Dec 15 1795 Reflections on the Situ ation of his Family in Case of his Death Praise of Cow pers Task	270

To Mrs Dunlop in London Expresses his Disappoint mentAppointment to the ExciseHis Religious Feel ingsRemarks on Dr Moores View of Society a...	273

No Page	282

No Page	307

bout a Farm at Dumfries Compliment to Charlotte	427

Bible	437

To Mr Robert Ainslie Finishing his Excise Instructions	451

To Mrs Dunlop Grateful for her Criticisms Verses	465

To Capt Riddel Poetic Compositions	474

To Mr William Nicol A dead Mare Theatrical Com	481

To Imprecations	488

To R Graham Esq Exculpates himself from a Charge	497

To Mr Robert Aioslie The merry Devil Spunkie	506

To the Earl of Buchan With a Copy of Bruce 10	512

HealthCautions against DrinkingFather Auld	520

To the Editors of the Morning Chronicle On the Marquis	524

Letter to the Provost c of Dumfries	532

APPENDIX	585

Epistle on Emigration	591

Illustrative Description of the Engravings	598

Roscoe on the Death of Burns	605

Populárne pasáže

Strana 8 - I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which. exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in .the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and. hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion : my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, 'walks on the wings of the wind.

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Strana 161 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.

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Strana 150 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?

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Strana 113 - 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.

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Strana 322 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword...

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Strana 554 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.

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Strana 8 - For my own part I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till I got once heartily in love, and then rhyme and song were, in a manner the spontaneous language of my heart.

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Strana 175 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

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Strana 463 - It is the moon — I ken her horn, That's blinkin in the lift sae hie ; She shines sae bright to wyle us hame, But, by my sooth, she'll wait a wee ! Wha first shall rise to gang awa', A cuckold, coward loon is he ! Wha last beside his chair shall fa...

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Strana 304 - O gin my love were yon red rose That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa' ! Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa' by Phoebus

Vyskytuje sa v 183 knihe (-ách) od 1800-2007

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Názov	The prose works of Robert Burns; containing his letters and correspondence and amatory epistles
Autor	Robert Burns
Publikované	1819
Zdroj originálu:	Oxfordská univerzita
Digitalizované	14. jún 2006

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