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... cause of the change which is al- leged to have taken place in his political senti- ments , has been , with some writers , the subject of considerable speculation ; but it is at best a doubt- ful question , whether the opinions of Mr ...
... cause of the change which is al- leged to have taken place in his political senti- ments , has been , with some writers , the subject of considerable speculation ; but it is at best a doubt- ful question , whether the opinions of Mr ...
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... cause of liberty . " It was the obvious wish of the Convention , in pub . lishing this manifesto , to excite throughout Europe the same revolutionary spirit which had already deluged the cities and villages of France with the blood of ...
... cause of liberty . " It was the obvious wish of the Convention , in pub . lishing this manifesto , to excite throughout Europe the same revolutionary spirit which had already deluged the cities and villages of France with the blood of ...
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... cause or other , he failed to take advantage of the opportunity . On the 31st , Mr Canning made his first speech in Parliament , in defence of the war , on the subject of the treaty with Sardinia . Mr Pitt moved a grant of 20,000l . to ...
... cause or other , he failed to take advantage of the opportunity . On the 31st , Mr Canning made his first speech in Parliament , in defence of the war , on the subject of the treaty with Sardinia . Mr Pitt moved a grant of 20,000l . to ...
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... cause of the Abolitionists , with a masculine eloquence which was scarcely equalled in the course of the debate . The topic was one on which , though he was under the painful neces- sity of opposing his early friend Mr Jenkinson , he ...
... cause of the Abolitionists , with a masculine eloquence which was scarcely equalled in the course of the debate . The topic was one on which , though he was under the painful neces- sity of opposing his early friend Mr Jenkinson , he ...
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... cause , he stood manfully for- ward , under a settled conviction of Lord Mel- ville's innocence , in vindication of his former coad- jutor . After having listened with indignation to repeated attacks on the character of his Lordship ...
... cause , he stood manfully for- ward , under a settled conviction of Lord Mel- ville's innocence , in vindication of his former coad- jutor . After having listened with indignation to repeated attacks on the character of his Lordship ...
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Page 192 - ... ability of conjuring up in himself passions which are indeed far from being the same as those produced by real events, yet...
Page 323 - It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I staid I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless.
Page 312 - I looked and fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel, to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Page 304 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Page 61 - I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ;...
Page 122 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Page 116 - NAEBODY. I HAE a wife o' my ain, I'll partake wi' naebody ; I'll tak cuckold frae nane, I'll gie cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There — thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a guid braid sword, I'll tak dunts frae naebody.
Page 186 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 185 - ... which is generally the most difficult part of the business, I walk out, sit down now and then, look out for objects in nature around me that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed.
Page 38 - I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power; I thought they had merit; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears — a poor negro-driver — or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits!