The Life and Land of BurnsJ & H.G. Langley, 1841 - 363 էջ |
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... fear , " as did this intrinsically nobler , gentler , and perhaps greater soul , wasting itself away in a hopeless struggle with base en- tanglements , which coiled closer and closer round him , till only death opened him an outlet ...
... fear , " as did this intrinsically nobler , gentler , and perhaps greater soul , wasting itself away in a hopeless struggle with base en- tanglements , which coiled closer and closer round him , till only death opened him an outlet ...
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... fear , even from the hum- blest subject ; is it not so , —they have nothing to hope , but an ephemeral favor , even ... fears and hopes that wander through Eternity and all the mystery of brightness and of gloom that it was ever made of ...
... fear , even from the hum- blest subject ; is it not so , —they have nothing to hope , but an ephemeral favor , even ... fears and hopes that wander through Eternity and all the mystery of brightness and of gloom that it was ever made of ...
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... fear , the music is but from the throat outwards , or at best from some region far enough short of the Soul ; not in which , but in a certain inane Limbo of the Fancy , or even in some vaporous debateable land on the outside of the Ner ...
... fear , the music is but from the throat outwards , or at best from some region far enough short of the Soul ; not in which , but in a certain inane Limbo of the Fancy , or even in some vaporous debateable land on the outside of the Ner ...
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... fear of being thought affected , we could have pardoned in almost any man ; but no such in- dication is to be traced here . In his unexampled situa- tion the young peasant is not a moment perplexed ; so many strange lights do not ...
... fear of being thought affected , we could have pardoned in almost any man ; but no such in- dication is to be traced here . In his unexampled situa- tion the young peasant is not a moment perplexed ; so many strange lights do not ...
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... fear such counsellors knew but little of Burns ; and did not consider that happiness might in all cases be cheaply had by waiting for the fulfilment of golden dreams , were it not that in the interim the dreamer must die of hunger . It ...
... fear such counsellors knew but little of Burns ; and did not consider that happiness might in all cases be cheaply had by waiting for the fulfilment of golden dreams , were it not that in the interim the dreamer must die of hunger . It ...
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auld banks bard beauty Birks of Aberfeldy bonnie Brig brother Burns's called charms composed Dalswinton dear sir Doon Dugald Stewart Dumfries Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh elegant Ellisland fair fame fancy farm farmer father favorite feeling genius Glencairn grace hand happy heart heaven Highland honor hope humble humor inspired Jacobitism John John Anderson Kilmarnock kind kirk lady land lasses letter light lived look Lord lyric Mauchline mind moral Mossgiel mother muse native nature never night Nith Nithsdale noble perhaps pleasure plough poems poet poet's poetic poetry poor rhyme Robert Burns rustic satire says scene Scotland Scottish seems sentiments Shanter song soul spirit strain stream sweet Tarbolton taste things Thomson thou thought tion true verse voice walk Wallace wife WILLIAM DUNBAR wonder words write written wrote young
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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.