The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary by R. Ford1773 |
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... turn for poetry , it appears , which he exer- cised in satirical rhymes on occasional subjects . The elder Fergusson came to his last haven as managing clerk and accountant in the offices of the British Linen Company , in the Canongate ...
... turn for poetry , it appears , which he exer- cised in satirical rhymes on occasional subjects . The elder Fergusson came to his last haven as managing clerk and accountant in the offices of the British Linen Company , in the Canongate ...
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... turn ; so , when it fell to the poet to be called on , he repeated these lines , which , doubtless , he had previously composed : - " For rabbits young , and for rabbits old , For rabbits hot , and for rabbits cold , For rabbits tender ...
... turn ; so , when it fell to the poet to be called on , he repeated these lines , which , doubtless , he had previously composed : - " For rabbits young , and for rabbits old , For rabbits hot , and for rabbits cold , For rabbits tender ...
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... hope , as it proved , that something would " turn up , " he set out on a visit to his maternal uncle , John Forbes , in Aberdeenshire , whom some four years earlier , as we have seen , he visited in XXX . FERGUSSON'S POEMS .
... hope , as it proved , that something would " turn up , " he set out on a visit to his maternal uncle , John Forbes , in Aberdeenshire , whom some four years earlier , as we have seen , he visited in XXX . FERGUSSON'S POEMS .
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... turn the glebe , and bauks o ' corn bend down wi ' laded ear " it is realized that the subject is in the hands of one entirely to the manner born . And his knowledge of and sympathy with country life , and its ways and manners , are not ...
... turn the glebe , and bauks o ' corn bend down wi ' laded ear " it is realized that the subject is in the hands of one entirely to the manner born . And his knowledge of and sympathy with country life , and its ways and manners , are not ...
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... turn claimed to be authentic , present , when ranged together as in this volume , a face of such widely differing aspect , that comment on them individually is almost unavoidable . To say em- phatically at this time of day which affords ...
... turn claimed to be authentic , present , when ranged together as in this volume , a face of such widely differing aspect , that comment on them individually is almost unavoidable . To say em- phatically at this time of day which affords ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
A. B. Grosart aften Alexander Runciman Allan Ramsay amang Andrews Auld Reekie baith bauld beauty bell blaw blythe bonnie braw browster Burns caller canty cauld causey cheer chiel cottar crack David Steuart death dowie e'er Edinburgh edition fair fancy fouk frae gang gars glow'rs Grosart gude braid claith hame hauds heart ilka Ingle lads loun maun mony mourn Muse nae mair ne'er nett never night numbers o'er owre Perth poems poet poet's poortith portrait Precentor Printed Robert Fergusson Robin Gibb round Ruddiman Runciman sang says Scotland Scots Scottish shopies sigh siller simmer Sing farrel smiles song spring sweet thee thir days thole Thomas Ruddiman thou TIMANTHES trow tune unco verse wame weary weel weet Whase Whilk William Wilkie wirrikow
Passagens conhecidas
Página 151 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 213 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 14 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 12 - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth. Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
Página xi - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
Página 191 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 9 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 13 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Página xlix - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 59 - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o