The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His WritingsT. Nelson and P. Brown, 1835 - 260 páginas |
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... genius had attached to him , was one with whom I have been bound in the ties of friendship , from early life - Mr John Syme of Ryedale . This Gentleman , after the death of Burns , promoted with the utmost zeal a sub- scription for the ...
... genius had attached to him , was one with whom I have been bound in the ties of friendship , from early life - Mr John Syme of Ryedale . This Gentleman , after the death of Burns , promoted with the utmost zeal a sub- scription for the ...
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... genius , published for the benefit of his family , as the stay of the widow , and the hope of the fatherless . To secure the suffrages of such minds , all topics are omitted in the writings , and avoided in the life of Burns , that have ...
... genius , published for the benefit of his family , as the stay of the widow , and the hope of the fatherless . To secure the suffrages of such minds , all topics are omitted in the writings , and avoided in the life of Burns , that have ...
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... genius , by persons of taste , in every part of the sister islands . The interest excited by his early death , and the distress of his infant family , has been felt in a remarkable manner , wherever his writings have been known ; and ...
... genius , by persons of taste , in every part of the sister islands . The interest excited by his early death , and the distress of his infant family , has been felt in a remarkable manner , wherever his writings have been known ; and ...
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... genius ; and hence some of the most exquisite of his comic pro- ductions are rendered unfit for the light . * The information and the religious education of the peasantry of Scotland , promote sedate- ness of conduct , and habits of ...
... genius ; and hence some of the most exquisite of his comic pro- ductions are rendered unfit for the light . * The information and the religious education of the peasantry of Scotland , promote sedate- ness of conduct , and habits of ...
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... genius . With a deep insight into the human heart , his poetry ex- hibits high powers of imagination - it displays , and as it were embalms , the peculiar manners of his country ; and it may be considered as a monument , not to his own ...
... genius . With a deep insight into the human heart , his poetry ex- hibits high powers of imagination - it displays , and as it were embalms , the peculiar manners of his country ; and it may be considered as a monument , not to his own ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
acquaintance Allan Ramsay appear auld Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful bonnie bosom Brig brother Burns character charms composition delight dialect Duke of Athole Dumfries DUNLOP Edinburgh Ellisland English Excise fame fancy farm father favour feelings frae friendship genius give happy heart honest honour hope House of Stuart humble humour imagination kind labour lady lasses letter Lord madam mair manners Mauchline maun melancholy merit mind mony muse native nature ne'er never night noble o'er owre passion perhaps pleasure poems poet poetical poetry poor powers pride Ramsay respect rhyme Robert Robert Burns rustic scene Scot Scotland Scottish sensibility sentiments Shanter songs soul spirit sweet talents Tarbolton taste tell thee thing thou thought thro tion Twas verses virtue weel Whyles wild William Burnes wish worth write
Passagens conhecidas
Página 28 - But to conclude my silly rhyme, (I'm scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Página 97 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Página 115 - And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main, Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither And roars out 'Weel done, Cutty-sark!' And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke; As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop!
Página 167 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Página 155 - I aft hae kissed 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.
Página 95 - The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!
Página 171 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a Slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw ; Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi
Página 139 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Página 35 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Página 114 - The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter; And ay the ale was growing better: The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious: The souter tauld his queerest stories; The landlord's laugh was ready chorus: The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, 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,...