| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1893 - Počet stránok 524
...hour. I had usually half-a-dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...eldest of my printed pieces ; ' The death of Poor Maillie/ ' John Barleycorn ' and Songs first, second and third." Clearly "half-a-dozen or more pieces... | |
| 1893 - Počet stránok 560
...hour. I had usually half-a-dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...over my verses, like a spell soothed all into quiet 1 None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except ' Winter : a dirge,' the eldest of my printed... | |
| John Ingram (F. S. A., Scot.) - 1893 - Počet stránok 164
...Hebrew bard, " walks on the wings of the wind." Bai*ns and his Passions. " MY passions," he said, " when once lighted up, raged like so many devils till...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." And in another letter he tells us, " I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till... | |
| James Craig Higgins - 1893 - Počet stránok 252
...pieces on hand ; taking up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of my mind, and dismissing the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like very devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - Počet stránok 300
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - Počet stránok 88
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind.' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1896 - Počet stránok 710
...hour. 1 had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; 1 took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces; "The Death of poor Maillie," "John Barleycorn," and Songs first, second, and third. Song second was the ebullition of... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1896 - Počet stránok 710
...hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days arc in print, except, "Winter, a dirge," the eldest -of my printed pieces; "The Death of poor Maillie,"... | |
| Robert Burns - 1896 - Počet stránok 462
...passions when once they were lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet.— None of the rhymes of those days arc in print, except, Winter, ft dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces ; The death of Poor Mailie,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - Počet stránok 304
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind.' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
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