The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings; to which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Volum 1F. Lucas, jun. and J. Cushing, 1814 |
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Pàgina 23
... poetical talents in the vicinity where he lived , and having published a small volume of his poems at Kilmarnock , this drew upon him more general attention . In consequence of the encouragement he received , he repaired to Edinburgh ...
... poetical talents in the vicinity where he lived , and having published a small volume of his poems at Kilmarnock , this drew upon him more general attention . In consequence of the encouragement he received , he repaired to Edinburgh ...
Pàgina 61
... poetical words , and to supply all the ellipses . These , you know , are the means of knowing that the pupil understands his author . These are excellent helps to the arrangement of words in sentences , as well as to a variety of ...
... poetical words , and to supply all the ellipses . These , you know , are the means of knowing that the pupil understands his author . These are excellent helps to the arrangement of words in sentences , as well as to a variety of ...
Pàgina 66
... poet had great advantages ; but his opportunities of information at school , were more limited as to time , than they usually are among his countrymen , in his condition of life ; and the acquisitions which he made , and the poetical ...
... poet had great advantages ; but his opportunities of information at school , were more limited as to time , than they usually are among his countrymen , in his condition of life ; and the acquisitions which he made , and the poetical ...
Pàgina 69
... poems , when his name was as obscure as his condition was humble , displays the philosophic melancholy which so generally forms the poetical temperament , and that buoyant and ambitious spirit , which indicates a mind conscious of its ...
... poems , when his name was as obscure as his condition was humble , displays the philosophic melancholy which so generally forms the poetical temperament , and that buoyant and ambitious spirit , which indicates a mind conscious of its ...
Pàgina 82
... poem , which he begs leave to present you with . Whe- ther it has poetical merit any way worthy of the theme , I am not the proper judge ; but it is the best my abilities can produce ; and , what to a good heart will perhaps be a ...
... poem , which he begs leave to present you with . Whe- ther it has poetical merit any way worthy of the theme , I am not the proper judge ; but it is the best my abilities can produce ; and , what to a good heart will perhaps be a ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 417 - ... that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, — As come it will for a' that, — That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Pàgina 347 - 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!
Pàgina 33 - I was not so presumptuous as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love ; and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep, and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more scholar-craft than myself. Thus with me began love and poetry ; which...
Pàgina 305 - O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die ? Or canst thou break that heart of his, Whase only faut is loving thee ? If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown ! A thought ungentle canna be The thought o
Pàgina 90 - THOU lingering star, with less'ning ray That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O 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?
Pàgina 38 - He was the only man I ever saw who was a greater fool than myself, where woman was the presiding star; but he spoke of illicit love with the levity of a sailor, which hitherto I had regarded with horror. Here his friendship did me a mischief; and the consequence was, that soon after I resumed the plough, I wrote the Poet's Welcome.
Pàgina 32 - ... he married ; I was the eldest of seven children : and he, worn out by early hardships, was unfit for labour. My father's spirit was soon irritated, but not easily broken. There was a freedom in his lease in two years more; and, to weather these two years, we retrenched our expenses. We lived very poorly...
Pàgina 424 - Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom ; Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen ; For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Tho...
Pàgina 290 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Pàgina 416 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that, For a