 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...ces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suit" ed the momentary tone of the mind, and dis** missed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My " passions,...rhymes " of those days are in print, except, Winter, n " Dirge,* the eldest of my printed pieces ; The " Death of poor Mailtie,*\- John Barleycorn,^ and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1801 - 506 pages
...and diuniiW * , weft work as if bordered on fatigue. My pallions, when once lighted up, raged like fo many devils till they got vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verles, like a fpell, foothed all into quiet! None of the rhymes of thofe days are in print, except... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 818 pages
...difffiiifed the woi'k as it bordered 'on fatigué. M'y partions, wherl orice lighled up, raged like fo many 'devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verfes, like afpell, foothe;i all irito quiet! None of the rhymes of thcfe days are îh print, except,... | |
 | History - 1801 - 762 pages
...and dito ¡(Ted the work as it bordered on fatigue. My paflions, when once lighted up, raged like (o many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verfes, like a fpell, foothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of thole days are in print, except,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...hour. I had usually half a dozen, or more pieces on hand ; I took up OTIC or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet* !" In truth, without regard to happiness, or misery, the impulse of the true poet towards his occupation... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or oiher, as it suited the momentary ROBERT BURNS. 49 momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces; The Death of poor Mailicjr John Barleycorn^, and songs, first, second, and third.§ Song second was the ebullition of... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1806 - 788 pages
...hour. I had usually half a dozen, or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...over my verses, like a, spell, soothed all into quiet !" In truth, without regard to happiness, or misery, the impulse of the true poet towards his occupation... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1806 - 416 pages
...hour. I had usually half a dozen, or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My p:i?sions, •when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme, and then... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces ; The Death of poor Mail7/V,f John Barleycorn,^ and songs first, second, * See Poems, p. 143. t Poems, p. 70. + Poems,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces ; the Death of Poor Maillie, John Barleycorn, and songs, first, second, and third.* Song second was the ebullition of that... | |
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Shandy and the Man of Feeling were my bosom favourites. Poesy was still a darling walk for my mind, but it was only indulged in according to the humour of the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited... 
