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MY DEAR SIR , I AGREE with you that the song , Katharine Ogie , is very poor
stuff , and unworthy , altogether unworthy , of so beautiful an air . I tried to mend it
, but the awkward sound Ogie recurring so often in the rhyme , spoils every
attempt ...
MY DEAR SIR , I AGREE with you that the song , Katharine Ogie , is very poor
stuff , and unworthy , altogether unworthy , of so beautiful an air . I tried to mend it
, but the awkward sound Ogie recurring so often in the rhyme , spoils every
attempt ...
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The Homeric epithet for the sea , dark - heaving , suggested by Mr. Erskine , is in
itself more beautiful , as well perhaps as more sublime than wide - roaring , which
he has retained ; but as it is only applicable to a placid state of the sea , or at ...
The Homeric epithet for the sea , dark - heaving , suggested by Mr. Erskine , is in
itself more beautiful , as well perhaps as more sublime than wide - roaring , which
he has retained ; but as it is only applicable to a placid state of the sea , or at ...
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... so I more than suspect that she has followed me hither , or at least makes me
occasional visits : secondly , the last stanza of * Gloamin - twilight , probably from
glooming . A beautiful poetical word which ought to be adopted in England .
... so I more than suspect that she has followed me hither , or at least makes me
occasional visits : secondly , the last stanza of * Gloamin - twilight , probably from
glooming . A beautiful poetical word which ought to be adopted in England .
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When she came ben she bobbet , as an air , is more beautiful than either , and in
the andante way , would unite with a charming sentimental ballad . Saw , ye my
Father , is one of my greatest favourites . The evening before last , I wandered out
...
When she came ben she bobbet , as an air , is more beautiful than either , and in
the andante way , would unite with a charming sentimental ballad . Saw , ye my
Father , is one of my greatest favourites . The evening before last , I wandered out
...
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This most accomplished an most lovely woman was worthy of this beautiful strain
of sensibility , which will convey some impression of her attractions to other
generations . The song is written in the character of her husband , as the reader
will ...
This most accomplished an most lovely woman was worthy of this beautiful strain
of sensibility , which will convey some impression of her attractions to other
generations . The song is written in the character of her husband , as the reader
will ...
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| Наслов | The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublished Том 4 књиге 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, Mr. Thomson (George) |
| Аутор | Robert Burns |
| Издање | 5 |
| Издавач | T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
| Оригинал из | Универзитет у Мичигену |
| Дигитализовано | 19 мај 2007 |
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