The Works of Robert FergussonA. Fullarton, 1851 - 288 páginas |
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... mair questions than the guidwife liked to answer , he pre- scribed . But losh ! sic a prescription ! a day's fasting an ' twa ladles o ' nettle kail was the gist o't ; but then 1 Concerning ' honest John ' and his ' winsome ' better ...
... mair questions than the guidwife liked to answer , he pre- scribed . But losh ! sic a prescription ! a day's fasting an ' twa ladles o ' nettle kail was the gist o't ; but then 1 Concerning ' honest John ' and his ' winsome ' better ...
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Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart. there went mair Latin to the tail o ' that , than our neebor the Doctor ever had to lose . " The impulse of the moment appears to have been at all times irresistible with Fergusson ; and ...
Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart. there went mair Latin to the tail o ' that , than our neebor the Doctor ever had to lose . " The impulse of the moment appears to have been at all times irresistible with Fergusson ; and ...
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... mair , For sure your head - piece is a mint Whar wit's nae rare.2 The wishes of J. S. were certainly with affluence re- sponded to . 6 The volume of 1772-3 had hardly issued from the press - had hardly reached the " winnock boles " by ...
... mair , For sure your head - piece is a mint Whar wit's nae rare.2 The wishes of J. S. were certainly with affluence re- sponded to . 6 The volume of 1772-3 had hardly issued from the press - had hardly reached the " winnock boles " by ...
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... mair the rainbow can impart Sic glowing ferlies o ' her art , Whase pencil wrought its freaks at will On thee , the sey - piece o ' her skill . Nae mair thro ' straths in simmer dight , We seek the rose to bless our sight ; Or bid the ...
... mair the rainbow can impart Sic glowing ferlies o ' her art , Whase pencil wrought its freaks at will On thee , the sey - piece o ' her skill . Nae mair thro ' straths in simmer dight , We seek the rose to bless our sight ; Or bid the ...
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... mair would do you ill , And ding you doited : Troth , ' twould be sair agains my will To hae the wyte o't . " His patriotic feeling emerges in the address to the Professors . " Ah ! willawin's for Scotland now , Whan she maun stap ilk ...
... mair would do you ill , And ding you doited : Troth , ' twould be sair agains my will To hae the wyte o't . " His patriotic feeling emerges in the address to the Professors . " Ah ! willawin's for Scotland now , Whan she maun stap ilk ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aberdeenshire Allan Ramsay Andrews appears Auld Reikie baith bard beauty blaw blyth bonny braw browster caller Campbell canty Cape Chambers club cou'd David Herd death dowie Dundee e'er Edinburgh edition Elegy fair fock Forbes frae GEORDIE glowr gude Braid Claith gusson ha'e hame heart heeze herd ilka Ingle Inverarity Irving James John John Forbes lads letter maun Miss Ruddiman mony morn mourn Muse ne'er never night numbers o'er Old Meldrum poems poet poet's portrait Professor Ramsay Reikie Robert Burns Robert Fergusson Robin Gibb round says Scotland Scots Scottish shou'd siller sing Sommers song stanza sweet thee thir Thomas Ruddiman thou thro trow unco Weekly Magazine weel Whan Whare Whase WILLIAM FERGUSSON wont yence
Passagens conhecidas
Página 177 - 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 xciv - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Página 7 - 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 59 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end. Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.
Página xcviii - 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 - The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an
Página cxliv - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 68 - For mony a menzie of destructive ills The country now maun brook frae mortmain bills, That void our test'ments, and can freely gie Sic will and scoup to the ordain'd trustee, That he may tir our stateliest riggins bare, Nor acres, houses, woods, nor fishins spare, Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift Wi...
Página 243 - 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 cxl - Peace to the husbandman and a' his tribe, Whase care fells a' our wants frae year to year ; Lang may his sock and couter turn the gleyb, And bauks o' corn bend down wi' laded ear. May Scotia's simmers ay look gay and green, Her yellow har'sts frae scowry blasts decreed ; May a