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... ACQUAINTANCE , I WAS equally surprised and pleased at your letter ; though I dare say you will think by my delay ... acquainted , in the pride of despising old women's stories , ventured in " the daring path Spi- nosa trod ; " but ...
... ACQUAINTANCE , I WAS equally surprised and pleased at your letter ; though I dare say you will think by my delay ... acquainted , in the pride of despising old women's stories , ventured in " the daring path Spi- nosa trod ; " but ...
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... acquaintance and friendship which I have , or think I have in life , I have felt along the lines and , d - n them ! they are almost all of them of such frail contexture , that I am sure they would not stand the breath of the least ...
... acquaintance and friendship which I have , or think I have in life , I have felt along the lines and , d - n them ! they are almost all of them of such frail contexture , that I am sure they would not stand the breath of the least ...
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... acquainted , I was delighted with the native frankness of her manner , and the sterling sense of her observation . Of Charlotte , I cannot speak in common terms of admiration : she is not only beauti- ful , but lovely . Her form is ...
... acquainted , I was delighted with the native frankness of her manner , and the sterling sense of her observation . Of Charlotte , I cannot speak in common terms of admiration : she is not only beauti- ful , but lovely . Her form is ...
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... acquaintances , and all of them my firm friends . No. XIX . To Miss M- --N . Saturday Noon , No. 2 , St. James's Sqr , Newton , Edinburgh . HERE have I sat , my Dear Madam , in the stony attitude of perplexed study for fifteen vexatious ...
... acquaintances , and all of them my firm friends . No. XIX . To Miss M- --N . Saturday Noon , No. 2 , St. James's Sqr , Newton , Edinburgh . HERE have I sat , my Dear Madam , in the stony attitude of perplexed study for fifteen vexatious ...
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... acquaintances will allow all I have said . Besides I have complimented you chiefly , almost solely , on your mental charms . Shall I be plain with you ? I will ; so look to it . Per- sonal attractions , madam , you have much above par ...
... acquaintances will allow all I have said . Besides I have complimented you chiefly , almost solely , on your mental charms . Shall I be plain with you ? I will ; so look to it . Per- sonal attractions , madam , you have much above par ...
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acquaintance Allan Water amang Auld Ayrshire ballad beautiful Blacklock bonie brother Burns Burns's called charms compliments composed copy Currie's Dalswinton Daniel Dow DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR Dugald Stewart Dumfries e'en Edinburgh Ellisland excise farewel farm feelings frae Gavin Hamilton give Glencairn gude Hamilton hand happy heart Highland Highland Laddie honest honor humble Servant idea kind kirk lady lass lassie letter Lord mair Mauchline maun mind Miss morning muse never night noble o'er old song pleasure poems poet poetic poor present Ragwort river Doon ROBERT BURNS Roslin Castle Scotland Scots Scots Musical Museum Scottish sentiments shew soul stanza sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion tune verses weel wife WILLIAM BURNS Willie Willie's awa wish worth write young
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Page 171 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 211 - THOU unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear ! In whose dread presence, ere an hour, Perhaps I must appear! If I have wander'd in those paths Of life I ought to shun ; • As something, loudly, in my breast, Remonstrates I have done; Thou know'st that thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong; And list'ning to their witching voice Has often led me wrong.
Page 209 - There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In every hour that passes, O : What signifies the life o...
Page 212 - Fain promise never more to disobey ; But, should my Author health again dispense, Again I might desert fair virtue's way ; Again in folly's path might go astray ; Again exalt the brute and sink the man ; Then how should I for heavenly mercy pray, Who act so counter heavenly mercy's plan ? Who sin so oft have mourned, yet to temptation ran.
Page 169 - 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...
Page 149 - My Highland lassie was a warm-hearted, charming < young creature as ever blessed a man with generous love. After a pretty long tract of the most ardent reciprocal attachment, we met by appointment on the second Sunday of May, in a sequestered spot by the banks of Ayr, where we spent the day in taking a farewell before she should embark for the West Highlands, to arrange matters among her friends for our projected change of life.
Page 6 - My Lord Glencairn and the Dean of Faculty, Mr. H. Erskine, have taken me under their wing; and by all probability I shall soon be the tenth worthy, and the eighth wise man of the world.
Page 13 - That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings beside thy mate ; For sae I sat, and sae I sang, And wist na o' my fate. Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon To see the woodbine twine, And ilka bird sang o' its love ; And sae did I o
Page 276 - I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever.
Page 12 - Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o