The Life and Land of BurnsJ & H.G. Langley, 1841 - 363 էջ |
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... Scottish life , not seen by him in any Arcadian illusion , but in the rude contradiction , in the smoke and soil of a too harsh reality , are still lovely to him . Poverty is indeed his companion , but Love also , and Courage ; the ...
... Scottish life , not seen by him in any Arcadian illusion , but in the rude contradiction , in the smoke and soil of a too harsh reality , are still lovely to him . Poverty is indeed his companion , but Love also , and Courage ; the ...
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... Scottish verse ; not master of it , we mean , in proportion to the depth and vehemence of his matter . These Letters strike us as the effort of a man to express something which he has no organ fit for ex- pressing . But a second and ...
... Scottish verse ; not master of it , we mean , in proportion to the depth and vehemence of his matter . These Letters strike us as the effort of a man to express something which he has no organ fit for ex- pressing . But a second and ...
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... Scottish Idyl ; neither was the Holy Fair any Council of Trent , or Roman Jubilee ; but nevertheless , Superstition , and Hypocrisy , and Fun having been propitious to him , in this man's hand it became a poem , instinct with satire ...
... Scottish Idyl ; neither was the Holy Fair any Council of Trent , or Roman Jubilee ; but nevertheless , Superstition , and Hypocrisy , and Fun having been propitious to him , in this man's hand it became a poem , instinct with satire ...
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... Scottish forefathers in the battle - field strug- gled forward , he says , " red - wat shod : " giving , in this one word , a full vision of horror and carnage , perhaps too frightfully accurate for Art ! In fact , one of the leading ...
... Scottish forefathers in the battle - field strug- gled forward , he says , " red - wat shod : " giving , in this one word , a full vision of horror and carnage , perhaps too frightfully accurate for Art ! In fact , one of the leading ...
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... Scottish , yet ideal ; the scene is at once a dream , and the very Rag - castle of " Poosy - Nansie . " Farther , it seems in a considerable degree complete , a real self - supporting Whole , which is the highest 28 CRITICAL ESSAY .
... Scottish , yet ideal ; the scene is at once a dream , and the very Rag - castle of " Poosy - Nansie . " Farther , it seems in a considerable degree complete , a real self - supporting Whole , which is the highest 28 CRITICAL ESSAY .
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Էջ 175 - E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy. As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o
Էջ 312 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine. A Man's a Man for a
Էջ 187 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Էջ 221 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Էջ 166 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed] when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men in my time.
Էջ 261 - With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills, That one incessant struggle render life, One scene of toil, of suffering, and of fate...
Էջ 73 - In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery.
Էջ 134 - They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark! Now Tam, O Tam, had thae been queans, A' plump and strapping in their teens! Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen, Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen!
Էջ 23 - We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account for those seeming caprices in them, that one should be particularly pleased with this thing, or struck with that, which, on minds of a different cast, makes no extraordinary impression. I have some...
Էջ 45 - ... talents. His features are represented in Mr Nasmyth's picture, but to me it conveys the idea that they are diminished as if seen in perspective. I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits.