Life of Robert BurnsConstable and Company, 1828 - 310 էջ |
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... Ayrshire . At the time when Robert was born , he was gardener and overseer to a gentleman of small estate , Mr Fer- guson of Doonholm ; but resided on a few acres of land , which he had on lease from another pro- prietor , and where he ...
... Ayrshire . At the time when Robert was born , he was gardener and overseer to a gentleman of small estate , Mr Fer- guson of Doonholm ; but resided on a few acres of land , which he had on lease from another pro- prietor , and where he ...
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... Ayrshire , writing to Edinburgh in some anxiety about a copy of Moliere . He had read , however , and read well , ere his sixteenth year elapsed , no contemptible amount of the literature of his own country . In addition to the books ...
... Ayrshire , writing to Edinburgh in some anxiety about a copy of Moliere . He had read , however , and read well , ere his sixteenth year elapsed , no contemptible amount of the literature of his own country . In addition to the books ...
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... Ayrshire first began to ring with the equally zealous applause and vituperation of , - " Poet Burns , And his priest - skelping turns . " It is impossible to look back now to the civil war , which then raged among the churchmen of the ...
... Ayrshire first began to ring with the equally zealous applause and vituperation of , - " Poet Burns , And his priest - skelping turns . " It is impossible to look back now to the civil war , which then raged among the churchmen of the ...
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... Ayrshire , it must now be admitted on all hands , presented , in many particulars of personal conduct and de- meanour , as broad a mark as ever tempted the shafts of a satirist . These men prided themselves on being the legitimate and ...
... Ayrshire , it must now be admitted on all hands , presented , in many particulars of personal conduct and de- meanour , as broad a mark as ever tempted the shafts of a satirist . These men prided themselves on being the legitimate and ...
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... Ayrshire divines of the New Light ; that performances so blasphe- mous should have been , not only pardoned , but applauded by ministers of religion , is a singular cir- cumstance , which may go far to make the reader comprehend the ...
... Ayrshire divines of the New Light ; that performances so blasphe- mous should have been , not only pardoned , but applauded by ministers of religion , is a singular cir- cumstance , which may go far to make the reader comprehend the ...
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Էջ 258 - He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions, and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the Universe, and habitually impelled to create...
Էջ 187 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Էջ 114 - 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, which 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 of my time.
Էջ 297 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the...
Էջ 264 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Էջ 24 - I was not so presumptuous as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love ! and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he...
Էջ 81 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Էջ 187 - On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.
Էջ 80 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O
Էջ 188 - 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.