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... ment , the state of political affairs in Europe was peculiarly favourable for the display of his eminent talents , both as an orator and statesman . The an- cient monarchy of France had been overturned , and those deeds of atrocity and ...
... ment , the state of political affairs in Europe was peculiarly favourable for the display of his eminent talents , both as an orator and statesman . The an- cient monarchy of France had been overturned , and those deeds of atrocity and ...
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... ment both the civil and military force of the coun- try . Scarcely a month had elapsed from the time that the French Convention had avowed their de- sign of attacking Holland , when a French frigate , with several smaller vessels ...
... ment both the civil and military force of the coun- try . Scarcely a month had elapsed from the time that the French Convention had avowed their de- sign of attacking Holland , when a French frigate , with several smaller vessels ...
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... ment on the subject of the Catholic claims , that he found it necessary to retire from office . To reconcile the Irish Catholics to a Union with Bri- tain , he had pledged himself in some degree to bring forward this measure to the ...
... ment on the subject of the Catholic claims , that he found it necessary to retire from office . To reconcile the Irish Catholics to a Union with Bri- tain , he had pledged himself in some degree to bring forward this measure to the ...
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... ment can have to discharge , than by giving at fit seasons a free opinion upon the character and qualities of public men . Away with the cant of measures not men ! ' the idle supposition , that it is the harness and not the horses that ...
... ment can have to discharge , than by giving at fit seasons a free opinion upon the character and qualities of public men . Away with the cant of measures not men ! ' the idle supposition , that it is the harness and not the horses that ...
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... ment still anxious to preserve peace , tendered an ultimatum in regard to the evacuation of Malta , which was the ostensible ground of offence . No reply , however , was given to the proposal , and the English ambassador having demanded ...
... ment still anxious to preserve peace , tendered an ultimatum in regard to the evacuation of Malta , which was the ostensible ground of offence . No reply , however , was given to the proposal , and the English ambassador having demanded ...
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Էջ 192 - ... ability of conjuring up in himself passions which are indeed far from being the same as those produced by real events, yet...
Էջ 323 - It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I staid I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless.
Էջ 312 - I looked and fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel, to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Էջ 304 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Էջ 61 - I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ;...
Էջ 122 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Էջ 116 - NAEBODY. I HAE a wife o' my ain, I'll partake wi' naebody ; I'll tak cuckold frae nane, I'll gie cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There — thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a guid braid sword, I'll tak dunts frae naebody.
Էջ 186 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Էջ 185 - ... which is generally the most difficult part of the business, I walk out, sit down now and then, look out for objects in nature around me that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed.
Էջ 38 - I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power; I thought they had merit; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears — a poor negro-driver — or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits!