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... means to favor me , yet he may give me in his opinion an ad- vantageous bargain , that may ruin me . I am to take a tour by Dumfries as I return , and have promised to meet Mr. Miller on his lands some time in May . I went to a Mason ...
... means to favor me , yet he may give me in his opinion an ad- vantageous bargain , that may ruin me . I am to take a tour by Dumfries as I return , and have promised to meet Mr. Miller on his lands some time in May . I went to a Mason ...
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... mean to meet you on that ground at all . You have shewn me one thing , which was to be demonstrated ; that strong` pride of reasoning , with a little affectation of singularity , may mislead the best of hearts . I , likewise , since you ...
... mean to meet you on that ground at all . You have shewn me one thing , which was to be demonstrated ; that strong` pride of reasoning , with a little affectation of singularity , may mislead the best of hearts . I , likewise , since you ...
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... mean it to approach you . Such relations the first peer in the realm might own with pride ; then why do you not keep up more correspondence with these so amiable young folks ? I had a thousand ques- tions to answer about you all : I had ...
... mean it to approach you . Such relations the first peer in the realm might own with pride ; then why do you not keep up more correspondence with these so amiable young folks ? I had a thousand ques- tions to answer about you all : I had ...
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... ec- centricity of their motions , and - wish them good night . I mean this with respect to a certain passion dont j'ai eu l'honneur d'etre un miserable esclave : as for friendship , you and Charlotte have given me pleasure , 27.
... ec- centricity of their motions , and - wish them good night . I mean this with respect to a certain passion dont j'ai eu l'honneur d'etre un miserable esclave : as for friendship , you and Charlotte have given me pleasure , 27.
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... mean the merit of making it , to have you and Char- lotte by me . You are angelic creatures , and would pour oil and wine into my wounded spirit . I inclose you a proof copy of the " Banks of the Devon , " which present with my best ...
... mean the merit of making it , to have you and Char- lotte by me . You are angelic creatures , and would pour oil and wine into my wounded spirit . I inclose you a proof copy of the " Banks of the Devon , " which present with my best ...
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acquaintance Allan Water amang Auld Ayrshire ballad beautiful Blacklock bonie lass bonnie bosom Burns Burns's called charms compliments composed composition copy Currie's Dalswinton DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR Dugald Stewart Dumfries e'en Edinburgh Ellisland excise Farewel feelings frae Gavin Hamilton give gude Gypsie Laddie hand happy heart Highland Highland Laddie honest honor kind kirk Laddie lady lassie letter Lord mair Mauchline maun mind misfortune morning muse ne'er never night noble O'er the moor old song pleasure poem poet poetic poor Ragwort rantin rhyme river Doon ROBERT BURNS Roslin Castle Scotland Scots Scottish sentiments shew sing soul sparklin stanza sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion tune verses weel wife wild WILLIAM BURNS wish words write young
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Page 266 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' 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 15 - 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 280 - 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 215 - 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 117 - Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.
Page 215 - Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? Or death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? For guilt, for guilt, my terrors are in arms ; I tremble to approach an angry GOD, And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. Fain would I say,
Page 207 - 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.
Page 93 - I can tell him that it is on such individuals as I, that a nation has to rest ; both for the hand of support, and the eye of intelligence.
Page 51 - Nor have I any cause to repent it. If I have not got polite tattle, modish manners, and fashionable dress, I am not sickened and disgusted with the multiform curse of boarding-school affectation; and I have got the handsomest figure, the sweetest temper, the soundest constitution, and the kindest heart in the country.
Page 213 - But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O ; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a