The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays critical and imaginativeW. Blackwood, 1857 |
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... themselves are averse . He took care to find fault very seldom ; and , there- fore , when he did rebuke , he was listened to with a kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you 6 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
... themselves are averse . He took care to find fault very seldom ; and , there- fore , when he did rebuke , he was listened to with a kind of reverential awe . I must not pretend to give you 6 ESSAYS : CRITICAL AND IMAGINATIVE .
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... kind of a person had the principal part in the education of the poet . " Burns was as happy in a mother , whom , in countenance , it is said he resembled ; and as sons and daughters were born , we think of the “ auld clay biggin " more ...
... kind of a person had the principal part in the education of the poet . " Burns was as happy in a mother , whom , in countenance , it is said he resembled ; and as sons and daughters were born , we think of the “ auld clay biggin " more ...
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... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert . Yet ...
... kind that is born within every boy's own bosom , and grows there till often that bosom feels as if it would burst ? To Mr Murdoch , Gilbert always appeared to possess a more lively imagination , and to be more of a wit than Robert . Yet ...
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... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
... kind of life as at Mount Oliphant , he enjoys and suffers at Lochlea . It is sad to think that his boyhood should have been so heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the ...
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... kind , " says the excellent Currie , " required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination - not he , indeed , not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our exist- ence . He knew ...
... kind , " says the excellent Currie , " required the powers of Burns ; he , however , succeeds . " Burns cared not at that time for our imagination - not he , indeed , not a straw ; nor did he so much as know of our exist- ence . He knew ...
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Seite 125 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker...
Seite 339 - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Seite 119 - 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' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Seite 137 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Seite 339 - A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.
Seite 340 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Seite 308 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast— Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow...
Seite 15 - 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' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my...
Seite 336 - Upon the slimy sea! About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night: The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. And some in dreams assured were Of. the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathom deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow.
Seite 32 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps ' Dundee's' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive