The land of Burns, a series of landscapes and portraits, the landscapes from paintings by D.O. Hill, the literary department by prof. Wilson and R. Chambers1840 |
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... letter to Dr Moore : - " A circumstance which made some alteration on my mind and manners , was , that I spent my nineteenth summer on a smuggling coast , a good distance from home , at a noted school , to learn mensuration , surveying ...
... letter to Dr Moore : - " A circumstance which made some alteration on my mind and manners , was , that I spent my nineteenth summer on a smuggling coast , a good distance from home , at a noted school , to learn mensuration , surveying ...
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... letter beginning " Honoured Father , " in which he expresses himself tired of the world , and transported at the thought that he shall soon be in a better . The date of that letter is December 27 : who could ex- pect , from its ...
... letter beginning " Honoured Father , " in which he expresses himself tired of the world , and transported at the thought that he shall soon be in a better . The date of that letter is December 27 : who could ex- pect , from its ...
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... letter enclosing Bruce's address to the Earl of Buchan , “ I have rarely met with anything in history which interests my feelings as a man equally with the story of Bannockburn . On the one hand , a cruel but able ( ? ) usurper ...
... letter enclosing Bruce's address to the Earl of Buchan , “ I have rarely met with anything in history which interests my feelings as a man equally with the story of Bannockburn . On the one hand , a cruel but able ( ? ) usurper ...
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... letter to the session in reference to some of their former proceedings respecting him . Strange though this prosecution may seem , it was strictly accordant with the right assumed by clergymen at that period to inquire into the private ...
... letter to the session in reference to some of their former proceedings respecting him . Strange though this prosecution may seem , it was strictly accordant with the right assumed by clergymen at that period to inquire into the private ...
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... letters , he produced , in 1785 , a volume entitled " Medical Sketches , " which treats , says one of his biographers ... letter to Mrs Dunlop , and which that lady transmitted to Burns , led to a correspondence between the learned ...
... letters , he produced , in 1785 , a volume entitled " Medical Sketches , " which treats , says one of his biographers ... letter to Mrs Dunlop , and which that lady transmitted to Burns , led to a correspondence between the learned ...
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acquainted afterwards Ainslie Alloway Kirk ancient appearance artist Auchtertyre Auld Ayrshire banks bard beautiful Birks of Aberfeldy Blacklock bonnie braes Bruce burgh Burns's Carrick Cassillis castle character church circumstances Clackmannan cottage Craigieburn daughter Doon Douglas Dr Currie Dr Laurie DRUMLANRIG CASTLE Duke Dumfries Dunlop Earl Edinburgh Ellisland engraving erected father feelings feet Gavin Hamilton genius gentleman Gilbert Burns Glasgow Hamilton Highland Hill island James John Kenmure Kilmarnock king Kirkcudbright Kirkoswald lady lake land letter Loch Lochlomond Lord mansion Mauchline Maybole miles mind monument Moore Mossgiel neighbouring Nith parish poems poet poet's possession present recollection remarkable residence RIGHT HONOURABLE river Robert Robert Burns rock ruins Rumbling Bridge says scene Scotland Scottish seat seen Shanter side situated song stream Syme Tarbolton thee thou took tower town vale verses village visited Wallace William woods
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Էջ 30 - Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. . How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild Evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Էջ 80 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Էջ 81 - Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary! dear, departed shade! Where Is thy place of blissful rest?
Էջ 67 - Mr. Robert Burns was some time in the parish of Tarbolton prior to my acquaintance with him. His social disposition easily procured him acquaintance ; but a certain satirical seasoning, with which he and all poetical geniuses are in some degree influenced, while it set the rustic circle in a roar, was not unaccompanied by its kindred attendant, suspicious fear.
Էջ 47 - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin caught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Էջ 80 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.