The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Band 21800 |
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... hand by any arts unworthy of a man , and I will add , of a Christian . There is one thing , my dear , which I earnestly request of you , and it is this ; that you would soon either put an end to my hopes by a peremptory refusal , or ...
... hand by any arts unworthy of a man , and I will add , of a Christian . There is one thing , my dear , which I earnestly request of you , and it is this ; that you would soon either put an end to my hopes by a peremptory refusal , or ...
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... hand ; but when our own follies , or crimes , have made us miserable and wretched , to bear up with manly firmness , and at the same time have a proper penitential sense of our misconduct - is a glorious effort of self - command . Of ...
... hand ; but when our own follies , or crimes , have made us miserable and wretched , to bear up with manly firmness , and at the same time have a proper penitential sense of our misconduct - is a glorious effort of self - command . Of ...
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... hand ; and it has often given me many a heart - ach to re- flect that such glorious old bards - bards who very probably owed all their talents to native genius ; yet have described the exploits of heroes , the pangs of disappointment ...
... hand ; and it has often given me many a heart - ach to re- flect that such glorious old bards - bards who very probably owed all their talents to native genius ; yet have described the exploits of heroes , the pangs of disappointment ...
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... cup of tea . But by all accounts it will be a matter of some difficulty to see you at all , unless your company is bespoke a week before hand . There There is a great rumour here concerning your great intimacy ( 71 )
... cup of tea . But by all accounts it will be a matter of some difficulty to see you at all , unless your company is bespoke a week before hand . There There is a great rumour here concerning your great intimacy ( 71 )
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... any fine speeches and hunted figures . I shall just lay my hand on my heart and say , I hope I shall ever have the truest , the warmest , sense of your goodness . I come abroad , in print , for certain on I ( 77 ) MADAM, ...
... any fine speeches and hunted figures . I shall just lay my hand on my heart and say , I hope I shall ever have the truest , the warmest , sense of your goodness . I come abroad , in print , for certain on I ( 77 ) MADAM, ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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?