The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, المجلد 21800 |
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الصفحة iii
... EDINBURGH . Sold also by Bell and Bradfute , P. Hill , and Manners and Miller , Edinburgh ; Brash and Reid , and J. Murdoch , Glasgow ; J. Brown , Aberdeen ; W. Boyd , Dumfries ; J. Morrison , Perth ; J. Forsyth , Ayr ; and by Merritt ...
... EDINBURGH . Sold also by Bell and Bradfute , P. Hill , and Manners and Miller , Edinburgh ; Brash and Reid , and J. Murdoch , Glasgow ; J. Brown , Aberdeen ; W. Boyd , Dumfries ; J. Morrison , Perth ; J. Forsyth , Ayr ; and by Merritt ...
الصفحة xii
... Edinburgh , and print a new edition of his poems there , • XI . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD , XII . FROM 37 40 · 22d Dec. 1786 . Advice to the Bard , how to conduct him- self in Edinburgh , • 42 XIII . TO MR . CHALMERS . 27th Dec. 1786 ...
... Edinburgh , and print a new edition of his poems there , • XI . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD , XII . FROM 37 40 · 22d Dec. 1786 . Advice to the Bard , how to conduct him- self in Edinburgh , • 42 XIII . TO MR . CHALMERS . 27th Dec. 1786 ...
الصفحة xiii
... Edinburgh , XXVI . TO THE SAME . 15th April , 1787 . On the same subject , XXVII . TO DR . MOORE . 23d April , 1787 . On the same subject , XXVIII . EXTRACT , TO MRS . DUNLOP . 30th April . Reply to Criticisms , XXIX . TO THE REV . DR ...
... Edinburgh , XXVI . TO THE SAME . 15th April , 1787 . On the same subject , XXVII . TO DR . MOORE . 23d April , 1787 . On the same subject , XXVIII . EXTRACT , TO MRS . DUNLOP . 30th April . Reply to Criticisms , XXIX . TO THE REV . DR ...
الصفحة xviii
... Edinburgh , 221 LXXIII . TO THE REV . P. CARFRAE . answer to No. LXXI , · In LXXIV . TO DR . MOORE . 23d March . In- closing a poem , · · LXXV . TO MR . HILL . 2d April . Apos- trophe to frugality , · LXXVI . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 4th April ...
... Edinburgh , 221 LXXIII . TO THE REV . P. CARFRAE . answer to No. LXXI , · In LXXIV . TO DR . MOORE . 23d March . In- closing a poem , · · LXXV . TO MR . HILL . 2d April . Apos- trophe to frugality , · LXXVI . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 4th April ...
الصفحة 39
... Edinburgh . A copy of this letter was sent by Mr. Lawrie to Mr. G. Hamilton , and by him communicated to Burns , among whose papers it was found . E. No. XI . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . Edinburgh , ( 39 )
... Edinburgh . A copy of this letter was sent by Mr. Lawrie to Mr. G. Hamilton , and by him communicated to Burns , among whose papers it was found . E. No. XI . FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD . Edinburgh , ( 39 )
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الصفحة 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
الصفحة 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
الصفحة 200 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
الصفحة 316 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; ' " Lord of the Lion-heart and eagle eye ! " Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, " Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
الصفحة 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
الصفحة 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
الصفحة 209 - 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.
الصفحة 209 - 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...
الصفحة 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
الصفحة 278 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?