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... expected ; while the pleas- ing discovery made his associate eager to repair the injustice of his first impression , by imputing the repulsive manner of his reception to that series of troubles which had dulled the vivacity , and given ...
... expected ; while the pleas- ing discovery made his associate eager to repair the injustice of his first impression , by imputing the repulsive manner of his reception to that series of troubles which had dulled the vivacity , and given ...
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... expected from the youth who was capable of making it . It has , indeed , no pretensions to originality , but of the songs which are popular among the lower classes , the only models which he had studied , it is no un- successful ...
... expected from the youth who was capable of making it . It has , indeed , no pretensions to originality , but of the songs which are popular among the lower classes , the only models which he had studied , it is no un- successful ...
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... expected : " I saw nothing in him , " said my informer , " to make me consider him as at all excelling many other young men of my acquaintance . " This opinion must be im- puted either to want of discrimination on the part of the ...
... expected : " I saw nothing in him , " said my informer , " to make me consider him as at all excelling many other young men of my acquaintance . " This opinion must be im- puted either to want of discrimination on the part of the ...
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... expected from no one , unless he can place himself in imagination on a wider theatre , and sustain the tone of his private and preparatory exertions , by anticipat- ing the plaudits with which their public exhibi- tion is Iv.
... expected from no one , unless he can place himself in imagination on a wider theatre , and sustain the tone of his private and preparatory exertions , by anticipat- ing the plaudits with which their public exhibi- tion is Iv.
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... expected from a corner of a single county . He had for his volume , which was printed at Kilmarnock , in July 1786 , 350 subscribers , 600 copies were thrown off , and by the profits of the sale he became master of £ 20 . This small sum ...
... expected from a corner of a single county . He had for his volume , which was printed at Kilmarnock , in July 1786 , 350 subscribers , 600 copies were thrown off , and by the profits of the sale he became master of £ 20 . This small sum ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
aith amang ance appears auld Ayrshire baith bard Beneath blate blest braw BRIG brother brunstane Burns character dear death Deil Dr Currie e'er Edinburgh Ellisland Ev'n ev'ry fair farm fate father favourite frae genius gien gies grace guid hame heart heav'n honest honour humble ither John Barleycorn JOHN MOIR labour lasses letter Mauchline maun mind monie mourn muckle muse mutchkin Nae mair Nature's ne'er never night o'er out-owre owre the sea pleasure plough poems poet poor pow'r pride racter rhyme ROBERT BURNS rustic Samson's dead scene Scotia's Scotland shewed sing skelpin sugh sweet taen taste tear tell tender thee thegither There's thou thought thro tion unco weary weel Whare Whyles William Burnes wretched Ye'll ye're
Passagens conhecidas
Página 187 - 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 189 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 6 - I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear and tremble ! I see how folk live that hae riches: But surely poor folk maun be wretches.
Página 190 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace...
Página 188 - With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Página 78 - When Masons' mystic word an' grip, In storms an' tempests raise you up, Some cock or cat your rage maun stop, Or, strange to tell! The youngest Brother ye wad whip Aff straught to hell. Lang syne, in Eden's bonie yard, When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, An...
Página 272 - And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall : John Barleycorn got up again.
Página 123 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 186 - Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi...
Página 196 - So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.