The Works of Robert Burns: General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... Bard , without some anxiety as to the reception it may meet with . The experiment we are making has not often been tried ; perhaps on no occasion has so large a portion of the recent and unpremeditated effusions of a man of genius been ...
... Bard , without some anxiety as to the reception it may meet with . The experiment we are making has not often been tried ; perhaps on no occasion has so large a portion of the recent and unpremeditated effusions of a man of genius been ...
Стр. vi
... Bard . Though in general no man committed his thoughts to his correspondents with less consideration or effort than Burns , yet it appears that in some instances he was dissatisfied with his first essays , and wrote out his ...
... Bard . Though in general no man committed his thoughts to his correspondents with less consideration or effort than Burns , yet it appears that in some instances he was dissatisfied with his first essays , and wrote out his ...
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... se- veral new letters were introduced , and some of inferior importance were omitted . No. CONTENTS OF VOL . II . LETTERS . Page viii ADVERTISEMENT . From the Rev Mr LOWRIE 22d Decem- Advice to the Bard, how conduct himself in Edinburgh,
... se- veral new letters were introduced , and some of inferior importance were omitted . No. CONTENTS OF VOL . II . LETTERS . Page viii ADVERTISEMENT . From the Rev Mr LOWRIE 22d Decem- Advice to the Bard, how conduct himself in Edinburgh,
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... Bard to visit Edinburgh , and print a new edition of his poems there , 29 VIII . From the Rev. Mr. LOWRIE . 22d Decem- ber , 1786. Advice to the Bard , how to conduct himself in Edinburgh , IX . To Mr. CHALMERS . 27th Dec. 1786. Praise ...
... Bard to visit Edinburgh , and print a new edition of his poems there , 29 VIII . From the Rev. Mr. LOWRIE . 22d Decem- ber , 1786. Advice to the Bard , how to conduct himself in Edinburgh , IX . To Mr. CHALMERS . 27th Dec. 1786. Praise ...
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... Bard , by Miss Williams , XIV . To the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Thanks for ad- vice - reflections on his situation - compli ment paid to Miss L kenzie , • 38 42 44 . by Mr. Mac- • 47 · XV . To Dr. MOORE . 15th Feb. 1787 , XVI . From Dr. MOORE ...
... Bard , by Miss Williams , XIV . To the Rev. G. LOWRIE . Thanks for ad- vice - reflections on his situation - compli ment paid to Miss L kenzie , • 38 42 44 . by Mr. Mac- • 47 · XV . To Dr. MOORE . 15th Feb. 1787 , XVI . From Dr. MOORE ...
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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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Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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...
Стр. 319 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Стр. 329 - Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And, by some devilish...
Стр. 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...