All about BurnsJ.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1896 - 178 страница |
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... writings than his shortcomings , and , in a gentle way , upbraids editors of the poet's works and stu- dents of his life story for gloating over his frailties and neglecting his many virtues . She quotes the late Lord Young as having ...
... writings than his shortcomings , and , in a gentle way , upbraids editors of the poet's works and stu- dents of his life story for gloating over his frailties and neglecting his many virtues . She quotes the late Lord Young as having ...
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... writings . By the first , mainly from a love of personal notoriety , a desire to be linked , in no matter how disagreeable a fashion to the greatest of Scotia's bards , every petty detail of his career has 10 ALL ABOUT BURNS .
... writings . By the first , mainly from a love of personal notoriety , a desire to be linked , in no matter how disagreeable a fashion to the greatest of Scotia's bards , every petty detail of his career has 10 ALL ABOUT BURNS .
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... writings , in their determination to give some- thing new to the world , their thirst for " hitherto unpublished pieces , " every scrap which came from the poet's pen , and much , it is to be feared , that never came from his pen at all ...
... writings , in their determination to give some- thing new to the world , their thirst for " hitherto unpublished pieces , " every scrap which came from the poet's pen , and much , it is to be feared , that never came from his pen at all ...
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... for this altogether , for in 1850 , when his great edition of the poet's writings was completed , Burns was still , to a certain extent , an enigma to his coun- trymen . It was believed that there was something back 12 ALL ABOUT BURNS .
... for this altogether , for in 1850 , when his great edition of the poet's writings was completed , Burns was still , to a certain extent , an enigma to his coun- trymen . It was believed that there was something back 12 ALL ABOUT BURNS .
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... writings , the earliest at- tempt to write the full story of his career , was given to the world in 1800 by that leal - hearted Scot , Dr. Currie . It was not a perfect work by any means . The biographer and edi- tor lived too near the ...
... writings , the earliest at- tempt to write the full story of his career , was given to the world in 1800 by that leal - hearted Scot , Dr. Currie . It was not a perfect work by any means . The biographer and edi- tor lived too near the ...
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Страница 65 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Страница 77 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Страница 128 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that mother wept her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized in tears.
Страница 128 - ... enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him; but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word, otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished man.
Страница 30 - It's no in makin muckle mair: It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If Happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang.
Страница 23 - The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said amang them a'; — "Ye are na Mary Morison!
Страница 29 - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Страница 18 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing' That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Страница 160 - With the ready trick and fable, Round we wander all the day; And at night, in barn or stable, Hug our doxies on the hay.
Страница 25 - I am quite transported at the thought that ere long, perhaps very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and...