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. As ed. by J. Currie, Edição 670,Volume 11816 |
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... delicacy and pathos of the profane airs . Our poet , it will be found , was taught church - music , in which , however , he made little proficiency . That dancing should also be very generally a part of the education of the Scottish ...
... delicacy and pathos of the profane airs . Our poet , it will be found , was taught church - music , in which , however , he made little proficiency . That dancing should also be very generally a part of the education of the Scottish ...
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... delicacy ; and to this circumstance it is perhaps owing , that they ex- hibit little or nothing of the peculiar manners of the age or country in which they were produced . But delicacy of taste , though the source of many plea- sures ...
... delicacy ; and to this circumstance it is perhaps owing , that they ex- hibit little or nothing of the peculiar manners of the age or country in which they were produced . But delicacy of taste , though the source of many plea- sures ...
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... delicacy of taste , were it even of easy attain- ment , would , if not a positive evil , be at least a doubtful blessing . Delicacy of taste may make many necessary labours irksome or disgusting ; and should it render the cultivator of ...
... delicacy of taste , were it even of easy attain- ment , would , if not a positive evil , be at least a doubtful blessing . Delicacy of taste may make many necessary labours irksome or disgusting ; and should it render the cultivator of ...
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... delicacy might find it diffi- cult to express its acknowledgments . The fervent imagination of the rustic bard possessed more of ten- derness than of respect . Instead of raising himself to the condition of the object of his admiration ...
... delicacy might find it diffi- cult to express its acknowledgments . The fervent imagination of the rustic bard possessed more of ten- derness than of respect . Instead of raising himself to the condition of the object of his admiration ...
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... delicacy , by which the writings of the author are so eminently distinguished . The extracts from Burns's poems in the ninety - seventh number of The Lounger , were copied into the London as well as into many of the provincial papers ...
... delicacy , by which the writings of the author are so eminently distinguished . The extracts from Burns's poems in the ninety - seventh number of The Lounger , were copied into the London as well as into many of the provincial papers ...
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