Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 pàgines |
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Pàgina 21
... - tion , Gasconades which a Briton would blush but to mention 2 " Dear father , " quoth Jenny , " what are these gun - boats ? That they will cause us trouble , I have my ain doubts ; For the French have been always a thorn on our 21.
... - tion , Gasconades which a Briton would blush but to mention 2 " Dear father , " quoth Jenny , " what are these gun - boats ? That they will cause us trouble , I have my ain doubts ; For the French have been always a thorn on our 21.
Pàgina 22
... doubt a right godly man , Who steadfast and firm by the truth still did stan ' ; That he was prophetic will clearly appear , 99 Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow ...
... doubt a right godly man , Who steadfast and firm by the truth still did stan ' ; That he was prophetic will clearly appear , 99 Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow ...
Pàgina 24
... doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd as well as his eye , Yet still pushes on , but knows not where nor why . But the clouds now depart ...
... doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd as well as his eye , Yet still pushes on , but knows not where nor why . But the clouds now depart ...
Pàgina 32
... soft Beguileth the tedious hour . Old Echo reclines in her cave , And catches the sounds as they fly , Her answers they will not deceive , If you doubt it , you have but to try . When weather confines me at home , In reading my 32.
... soft Beguileth the tedious hour . Old Echo reclines in her cave , And catches the sounds as they fly , Her answers they will not deceive , If you doubt it , you have but to try . When weather confines me at home , In reading my 32.
Pàgina 89
... doubt ultimately add to the splen- dour of the princely palace of Drumlanrig . ] HAIL , venerable Oak ! hail to the light , To Queensberry we owe the wondrous sight Of thy stupendous uncorrupted mass , For centuries concealed in deep ...
... doubt ultimately add to the splen- dour of the princely palace of Drumlanrig . ] HAIL , venerable Oak ! hail to the light , To Queensberry we owe the wondrous sight Of thy stupendous uncorrupted mass , For centuries concealed in deep ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
admire Andrew Meikle appear banks battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauties bestow bold bonnie bosom bout brave breast British Britons brow Cæsar Carron cheeks cheer Closeburn command corn Criffel cuirassiers Dalveen dark dear display dost doth down-how dreadful Duke Dumfries e'er endeavour EPISTLE fair faithful fame field flow Fortune frae gallant grand chain grave happy heart Heaven heroes Highland laddies honour Isle king land of cakes Lavalette live Lord Lord Exmouth lowland Scot mankind Meikle mind mirth MOORLAND moral mourn Muse Nature's ne'er nigh night nought numbers o'er passions peace plain plough poem praise Prince repair Roman legion sage scarce scene Scots shepherd shore skill smile Solitude song soul stern storm straits of Dover subdue sure sweet tears thee There's thou thought true tyrants unto virtue Waterloo wish yonder yore younker
Passatges populars
Pàgina 8 - In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share ; Both must alike from Heaven derive their light, These born to judge, as well as those to write.
Pàgina 280 - ... would vitrify or dissipate any substance known to us. Sir Isaac Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it...
Pàgina 282 - Others of less note followed the infamous example. On their combined evidence several of the conspirators were seized, condemned, and executed. Among these, the most distinguished were Russell and Sidney. Both died with the intrepidity of men who had resolved to hazard their lives in the field, in order to break the fetters of slavery, and rescue themselves and their fellow-subjects from an ignominious despotism.