The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers, Volume 2W. and R. Chambers, 1851 |
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... appears from a note of correction which had been sent by Gilbert Burns to the biographer , but never made use of , that the poet was in reality carried by a pony which he had borrowed from a friend . This statement comports with an ...
... appears from a note of correction which had been sent by Gilbert Burns to the biographer , but never made use of , that the poet was in reality carried by a pony which he had borrowed from a friend . This statement comports with an ...
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... appears that he did not just at once overleap all the difficulties with respect to his proposed second edition which had obstructed his course in the country . The late Mr John Moir , printer , used to relate that he was then serving ...
... appears that he did not just at once overleap all the difficulties with respect to his proposed second edition which had obstructed his course in the country . The late Mr John Moir , printer , used to relate that he was then serving ...
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... appear sufficient.3 ' It appears , ' he says , ' that on the 31st December he attended a meeting to celebrate the birthday 1 ' In the first stair on the left hand , on entering the close [ Baxter's Close , Lawn- market ] , and on the ...
... appear sufficient.3 ' It appears , ' he says , ' that on the 31st December he attended a meeting to celebrate the birthday 1 ' In the first stair on the left hand , on entering the close [ Baxter's Close , Lawn- market ] , and on the ...
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... appear to have combined , with some notion about his own ancestral history , to throw Burns into this vain and insub- stantial profession . Charles Edward was still alive , but lost in the sottishness which so sadly fell upon a mind ...
... appear to have combined , with some notion about his own ancestral history , to throw Burns into this vain and insub- stantial profession . Charles Edward was still alive , but lost in the sottishness which so sadly fell upon a mind ...
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... appear that any charge of this kind could be brought against him . Certain it also is , that the connection was not finally broken off till after the birth of an infant in 1794 , when at length the unfortunate lady instituted a ...
... appear that any charge of this kind could be brought against him . Certain it also is , that the connection was not finally broken off till after the birth of an infant in 1794 , when at length the unfortunate lady instituted a ...
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Page 85 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation : Meek loveliness is round thee spread, A softness still and holy ; The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Page 268 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best: There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair: I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air: There's not a bonnie flower that springs, WJ.
Page 80 - And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 65 - His person was strong and robust, his manners rustic, not clownish; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of its effect perhaps from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents.
Page 271 - Thou whom chance may hither lead, Be thou clad in russet weed, Be thou deckt in silken stole, Grave these counsels on thy soul. Life is but a day at most, Sprung from night, — in darkness lost: Hope not sunshine ev'ry hour, Fear not clouds will always lour.
Page 306 - Are we a piece of machinery, which, like the .¿Eolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident; or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden clod? I own myself partial to such proofs of those awful and important realities: a God that made all things, man's immaterial and immortal nature, and a world of weal or woe beyond death and the grave.
Page 33 - Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings beside thy mate; For sae I sat, and sae I sang, And wist na o' my fate. Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon To see the woodbine twine, And ilka bird sang o' its love; And sae did I o' mine. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'da rose, Frae aff its thorny tree; And my fause luver staw the rose, But left the thorn wi
Page 66 - Among the men who were the most learned of their time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty.
Page 46 - No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, " No storied urn nor animated bust," This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Page 80 - Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who poured the patriotic tide That streamed through Wallace's...