The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volume 21800 |
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... can scarcely yet collect my thoughts so as to write to you on the subject . I will not attempt to describe what I felt on receiv- ing your letter . I read it over and over , again and and again , and though it was in the politest ( 9 )
... can scarcely yet collect my thoughts so as to write to you on the subject . I will not attempt to describe what I felt on receiv- ing your letter . I read it over and over , again and and again , and though it was in the politest ( 9 )
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... thought that , bred as I have been under a father , who has figured pretty well as un homme des affaires , I might have been what the world calls , a pushing , active fellow ; but to tell you the truth , sir , there is hardly any thing ...
... thought that , bred as I have been under a father , who has figured pretty well as un homme des affaires , I might have been what the world calls , a pushing , active fellow ; but to tell you the truth , sir , there is hardly any thing ...
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... thoughts would fall into the hands of somebody capable of appreciating their value . It sets off thus : Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c . by R. B. - a man who had little art in making money , money , and still less ...
... thoughts would fall into the hands of somebody capable of appreciating their value . It sets off thus : Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c . by R. B. - a man who had little art in making money , money , and still less ...
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... thought a fine touch of nature , that passage in a modern love composition . " As toward her cot he jogg'd along " Her name was frequent in his song . " For my own part , I never had the least thought , or inclination of turning poet ...
... thought a fine touch of nature , that passage in a modern love composition . " As toward her cot he jogg'd along " Her name was frequent in his song . " For my own part , I never had the least thought , or inclination of turning poet ...
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... thoughts to peace ? O , happy ! happy ! enviable man ! O glorious magnanimity of soul ! March , 1784 . I have often observed in the course of my experience of human life , that every man , even the worst , has something good about him ...
... thoughts to peace ? O , happy ! happy ! enviable man ! O glorious magnanimity of soul ! March , 1784 . I have often observed in the course of my experience of human life , that every man , even the worst , has something good about him ...
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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?