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... 427 CXLI . TO A LADY , in favor of a Player ' s Benefit , . . . . . . . . . 429 No . Page
. CXLII EXTRACT TO MR . 1794 CXLII . xxiv INDEX .
... 427 CXLI . TO A LADY , in favor of a Player ' s Benefit , . . . . . . . . . 429 No . Page
. CXLII EXTRACT TO MR . 1794 CXLII . xxiv INDEX .
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153 Some sing of sweet Mally , some sing of fair Nelly , Still anxious to secure
your partial favor , . 455 The parent ' s heart that nestled fond in theė , . 337 The
small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning , 145 Thou whom chance may ...
153 Some sing of sweet Mally , some sing of fair Nelly , Still anxious to secure
your partial favor , . 455 The parent ' s heart that nestled fond in theė , . 337 The
small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning , 145 Thou whom chance may ...
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No , my dear E . I shall never endeavour to gain your favor by such detestable
practices . If you will be so good and so generous as to admit me for your partner
, your companion , your bosom friend through life ; there is nothing on this side of
...
No , my dear E . I shall never endeavour to gain your favor by such detestable
practices . If you will be so good and so generous as to admit me for your partner
, your companion , your bosom friend through life ; there is nothing on this side of
...
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REVEREND AND DEAR SIR , I OUGHT to have acknowledged your favor long
ago , not only as a testimony of your kind remembrance , but as it gave me an
opportunity of sharing one of the finest , and , perhaps , one of the most genuine ...
REVEREND AND DEAR SIR , I OUGHT to have acknowledged your favor long
ago , not only as a testimony of your kind remembrance , but as it gave me an
opportunity of sharing one of the finest , and , perhaps , one of the most genuine ...
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... endeavour to promote as far as my abilities will permit . With compliments to my
friend , the doctor , I am , Your friend and welwisher , JOHN WHITEFOORD . P . S
. I shall take it as a favor when you at any time send me a new production . No .
... endeavour to promote as far as my abilities will permit . With compliments to my
friend , the doctor , I am , Your friend and welwisher , JOHN WHITEFOORD . P . S
. I shall take it as a favor when you at any time send me a new production . No .
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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?
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| Title | The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volume 2 The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Robert Burns |
| Author | Robert Burns |
| Published | 1800 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2007 |
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