The land of Burns, a series of landscapes and portraits, the landscapes from paintings by D.O. Hill, the literary department by prof. Wilson and R. Chambers1840 |
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... Earl of Buchan , “ I have rarely met with anything in history which interests my feelings as a man equally with the story of Bannockburn . On the one hand , a cruel but able ( ? ) usurper , leading on the first army in Europe , to ...
... Earl of Buchan , “ I have rarely met with anything in history which interests my feelings as a man equally with the story of Bannockburn . On the one hand , a cruel but able ( ? ) usurper , leading on the first army in Europe , to ...
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... Earl of Cassillis . This nobleman fell at Flodden , with many of his followers ; and there is still to be seen , in front of the castle , a very large plane tree , underneath whose melancholy boughs his surviving people are said to have ...
... Earl of Cassillis . This nobleman fell at Flodden , with many of his followers ; and there is still to be seen , in front of the castle , a very large plane tree , underneath whose melancholy boughs his surviving people are said to have ...
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... Earl , ( that lady having been born in 1607 , ) in whatever way the verses of the ballad may have taken their origin ... Earls of Cassillis . Cassillis castle , although deserted by its noble owner , has never been allowed to fall into ...
... Earl , ( that lady having been born in 1607 , ) in whatever way the verses of the ballad may have taken their origin ... Earls of Cassillis . Cassillis castle , although deserted by its noble owner , has never been allowed to fall into ...
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... Earl of Cassillis ) , is alluded to in " Halloween : " " Upon that night , when fairies light On Cassillis Downans dance , Or owre the lays , in splendid blaze , On sprightly coursers prance ; Or for Colzean the route is ta'en , Beneath ...
... Earl of Cassillis ) , is alluded to in " Halloween : " " Upon that night , when fairies light On Cassillis Downans dance , Or owre the lays , in splendid blaze , On sprightly coursers prance ; Or for Colzean the route is ta'en , Beneath ...
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... Earl , in 1759 , the title and family estates became the inheritance of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Colzean , who accordingly - though not without some litigation - became ninth Earl of Cassillis . It is related that the estates had nearly ...
... Earl , in 1759 , the title and family estates became the inheritance of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Colzean , who accordingly - though not without some litigation - became ninth Earl of Cassillis . It is related that the estates had nearly ...
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Page 30 - Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. . How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild Evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Page 80 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 81 - Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary! dear, departed shade! Where Is thy place of blissful rest?
Page 67 - Mr. Robert Burns was some time in the parish of Tarbolton prior to my acquaintance with him. His social disposition easily procured him acquaintance ; but a certain satirical seasoning, with which he and all poetical geniuses are in some degree influenced, while it set the rustic circle in a roar, was not unaccompanied by its kindred attendant, suspicious fear.
Page 47 - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin caught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 80 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.