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2d August , 1788 . With lines on a hermitage , . . . 170 LVIII . TO THE SAME . 10th
August . Farther account of his marriage , . . 174 LIX . TO THE SAME . 16th
August . Reflections on human life , · · · · 177 LX . TO R . GRAHAM , of FINTRY ,
Esq ...
2d August , 1788 . With lines on a hermitage , . . . 170 LVIII . TO THE SAME . 10th
August . Farther account of his marriage , . . 174 LIX . TO THE SAME . 16th
August . Reflections on human life , · · · · 177 LX . TO R . GRAHAM , of FINTRY ,
Esq ...
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Whenever the thought of my E . warms my heart , every feeling of humanity ,
every principle of generosity , kindles in my breast . It extinguishes every dirty
spark of malice and envy , which are but too apt to infest me . I grasp every
creature in ...
Whenever the thought of my E . warms my heart , every feeling of humanity ,
every principle of generosity , kindles in my breast . It extinguishes every dirty
spark of malice and envy , which are but too apt to infest me . I grasp every
creature in ...
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I seem to be one sent into the world , to see , and observe ; and I very easily
compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing
original about him , which shews me human nature in a different light from any
thing I have ...
I seem to be one sent into the world , to see , and observe ; and I very easily
compound with the knave who tricks me of my money , if there be any thing
original about him , which shews me human nature in a different light from any
thing I have ...
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their sacred flame - the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the
human race — he “ who “ can soar above this little scene of things ”can he
descend to mind the paltry concerns about which the terræfilial race fret , and
fume , and ...
their sacred flame - the man whose heart distends with benevolence to all the
human race — he “ who “ can soar above this little scene of things ”can he
descend to mind the paltry concerns about which the terræfilial race fret , and
fume , and ...
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... it may be some entertainment to a curious observer of human nature to see
how a ploughman thinks and feels , under the pressure of love , ambition ,
anxiety , grief , with the like cares and passions , which , however diversified by
the modes ...
... it may be some entertainment to a curious observer of human nature to see
how a ploughman thinks and feels , under the pressure of love , ambition ,
anxiety , grief , with the like cares and passions , which , however diversified by
the modes ...
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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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