Life of Robert BurnsConstable and Company, 1828 - 310 sider |
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Side 12
... wish to try his fortune on a farm of his then vacant , and confessed at the same time his inability to meet the charges of stocking it , at once advanced 100l . towards the removal of the diffi- culty . Burnes accordingly removed to ...
... wish to try his fortune on a farm of his then vacant , and confessed at the same time his inability to meet the charges of stocking it , at once advanced 100l . towards the removal of the diffi- culty . Burnes accordingly removed to ...
Side 16
... wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along there till the flood - gates of life shut in eternal rest . " + And speaking of the same ...
... wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along there till the flood - gates of life shut in eternal rest . " + And speaking of the same ...
Side 25
... wish , I mind its power , A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake , Some useful plan or book could make , Or sing a sang , at least : The rough bur - thistle spreading wide ...
... wish , I mind its power , A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake , Some useful plan or book could make , Or sing a sang , at least : The rough bur - thistle spreading wide ...
Side 28
... wishes . My father was subject to strong pas- sions ; from that instance of disobedience in me , he took a sort of dislike to me , which I believe was one cause of the dissipation which marked my succeeding years . * I say dissipation ...
... wishes . My father was subject to strong pas- sions ; from that instance of disobedience in me , he took a sort of dislike to me , which I believe was one cause of the dissipation which marked my succeeding years . * I say dissipation ...
Side 32
... wish , yet to be great was charm- ing ; My talents they were not the worst , nor yet my education ; Resolved was I at least to try to mend my situation . No help , nor hope , nor view had I , nor person to befriend me ; So I must toil ...
... wish , yet to be great was charm- ing ; My talents they were not the worst , nor yet my education ; Resolved was I at least to try to mend my situation . No help , nor hope , nor view had I , nor person to befriend me ; So I must toil ...
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Side 258 - He is a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions, and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him; delighting to contemplate similar volitions and passions as manifested in the goings-on of the Universe, and habitually impelled to create...
Side 187 - 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, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Side 114 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
Side 297 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the...
Side 264 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Side 24 - 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...
Side 81 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Side 187 - On the fifth day of the moon, which, according to the custom of my forefathers, I always keep holy, after having washed myself and offered up my morning devotions, I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer.
Side 80 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O
Side 188 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.