The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Том 21800 |
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... Mentioning his having composed the 140 first stanza of the Chevalier's Lament , 142 XLIX . FROM MR . CLEGHORN . 27th Ap . In reply to the above . The Chevalier's Lament in full , in a Note , L. TO MRS . DUNLOP . 28th April.- Giving an ...
... Mentioning his having composed the 140 first stanza of the Chevalier's Lament , 142 XLIX . FROM MR . CLEGHORN . 27th Ap . In reply to the above . The Chevalier's Lament in full , in a Note , L. TO MRS . DUNLOP . 28th April.- Giving an ...
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... mention I have made of my glorious countryman and your immor- tal ancestor , is indeed borrowed from Thomson ; but ... mentioned VOL . II . E some E. * Stanzas in the Vision , vol . 111. beginning p . 103 , " By stately tower or palace ...
... mention I have made of my glorious countryman and your immor- tal ancestor , is indeed borrowed from Thomson ; but ... mentioned VOL . II . E some E. * Stanzas in the Vision , vol . 111. beginning p . 103 , " By stately tower or palace ...
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... mentioned to Mrs. Dunlop . I am ill skilled in beating the coverts of imagination for metaphors of gratitude . I thank you , sir , for the honor you have done me ; and to my latest hour will warmly remember it . To be highly pleased ...
... mentioned to Mrs. Dunlop . I am ill skilled in beating the coverts of imagination for metaphors of gratitude . I thank you , sir , for the honor you have done me ; and to my latest hour will warmly remember it . To be highly pleased ...
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... mention your being just about to leave town , you are going , I should suppose , to Dum- fries - shire to look at some of Mr. Miller's farms . I heartily wish the offers to be made you there may answer ; as I am persuaded you will not ...
... mention your being just about to leave town , you are going , I should suppose , to Dum- fries - shire to look at some of Mr. Miller's farms . I heartily wish the offers to be made you there may answer ; as I am persuaded you will not ...
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... mentioning an incident which happened yesterday at the Bruar . As we passed the door of a most miserable hovel , an old woman curtsied to us with looks of such poverty , and such contentment , that each of us involuntarily gave her some ...
... mentioning an incident which happened yesterday at the Bruar . As we passed the door of a most miserable hovel , an old woman curtsied to us with looks of such poverty , and such contentment , that each of us involuntarily gave her some ...
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Стр. 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — 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.
Стр. 293 - 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.
Стр. 200 - 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...
Стр. 316 - 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...
Стр. 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Стр. 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 209 - 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. 209 - 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...
Стр. 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Стр. 278 - 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?