Contributions to HerographyE. Darrow, 1850 - 101 páginas |
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... true republicanism . I do not mean to assert that Burns ' poverty was an unmingled benefit . On the contrary , it is probable that it was the first exciting cause of that morbid melancholy that rendered gloomy his whole after life , and ...
... true republicanism . I do not mean to assert that Burns ' poverty was an unmingled benefit . On the contrary , it is probable that it was the first exciting cause of that morbid melancholy that rendered gloomy his whole after life , and ...
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... true bard of Nature's own anointing ; and though words may not have bodied forth his yearnings for the infinite , they have none the less thrilled one bosom with the divine poetry of worship . Burns was a genuine bird of paradise , and ...
... true bard of Nature's own anointing ; and though words may not have bodied forth his yearnings for the infinite , they have none the less thrilled one bosom with the divine poetry of worship . Burns was a genuine bird of paradise , and ...
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... true greatness . Such is not found among the superstitious commonalty of any country - no , not even- our own : for even here , where truth hath free course and is unrestrained by the intrusive hand of law , she is quite THE PARNASSIAN ...
... true greatness . Such is not found among the superstitious commonalty of any country - no , not even- our own : for even here , where truth hath free course and is unrestrained by the intrusive hand of law , she is quite THE PARNASSIAN ...
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... true poet's atmosphere : even a small breath is grateful : who can appreciate the ecstasy of riding on its whirlwind ! Upon a weak mind nothing has so pernicious an influence as undissembled com- pliment . It is the most intoxicating of ...
... true poet's atmosphere : even a small breath is grateful : who can appreciate the ecstasy of riding on its whirlwind ! Upon a weak mind nothing has so pernicious an influence as undissembled com- pliment . It is the most intoxicating of ...
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... true sovereign , and though maltreated by rebellious sub- jects , it is still glorious in its regal dignity . Little men may spit at great ones , but they feel very little when they do it . Robert Burns had but to appear in any society ...
... true sovereign , and though maltreated by rebellious sub- jects , it is still glorious in its regal dignity . Little men may spit at great ones , but they feel very little when they do it . Robert Burns had but to appear in any society ...
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Página 14 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.
Página 13 - 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...
Página 53 - To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To love and bear ; to hope till hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates...
Página 32 - Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 19 - Faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that; Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks 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
Página 12 - 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
Página 12 - And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Página 14 - She was a form of life and light, That, seen, became a part of sight...
Página 13 - Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah, little thought we 'twas our last ) Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods thick'ning green : The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Página 19 - Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a