The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, المجلد 21800 |
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... existence ; if so then , how should I , in the presence of that tre- mendous Being , the Author of existence , how should I meet the reproaches of those , who stand to me in the dear relation of children , whom I deserted in the smiling ...
... existence ; if so then , how should I , in the presence of that tre- mendous Being , the Author of existence , how should I meet the reproaches of those , who stand to me in the dear relation of children , whom I deserted in the smiling ...
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... existence . I have sent you a parcel of subscription - bills , and have written to Mr. Ballentine and Mr. Aiken to call on you for some of them , if they want them . My direction is , care of Andrew Bruce , merchant , Bridge - street ...
... existence . I have sent you a parcel of subscription - bills , and have written to Mr. Ballentine and Mr. Aiken to call on you for some of them , if they want them . My direction is , care of Andrew Bruce , merchant , Bridge - street ...
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... existence when the soul is laying in her cargo of ideas for the voyage of life , is I believe , the prin- cipal cause of this unhappy frame of mind . “ The valiant , in himself , what can he suffer ? " Or what need he regard his single ...
... existence when the soul is laying in her cargo of ideas for the voyage of life , is I believe , the prin- cipal cause of this unhappy frame of mind . “ The valiant , in himself , what can he suffer ? " Or what need he regard his single ...
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... existence in that miserable manner , which I have lived to see throw a venerable parent into the jaws of a jail ; whence death , the poor man's last and often best friend , rescued him . I know , Sir , that to need your goodness is to ...
... existence in that miserable manner , which I have lived to see throw a venerable parent into the jaws of a jail ; whence death , the poor man's last and often best friend , rescued him . I know , Sir , that to need your goodness is to ...
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Robert Burns. Each prudent cit a warm existence finds , And all mechanics ' many - aproned kinds . Some other rarer sorts are wanted yet , The lead and buoy are needful to the net : The caput mortuum of gross desires Makes a material ...
Robert Burns. Each prudent cit a warm existence finds , And all mechanics ' many - aproned kinds . Some other rarer sorts are wanted yet , The lead and buoy are needful to the net : The caput mortuum of gross desires Makes a material ...
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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?