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 17
... Their adamantine stones did throw , And with true mathematic skill , Contended who should most excell : When , lo ! a sturdy moorland ram , In eager search of other game , B Came brushing o'er the highest hills , To try his.
... Their adamantine stones did throw , And with true mathematic skill , Contended who should most excell : When , lo ! a sturdy moorland ram , In eager search of other game , B Came brushing o'er the highest hills , To try his.
Pàgina 25
... skill , resolution , and courage , he needs , The attempt now he makes , and he so far succeeds . He gaineth the bank ; but now woeful my tale , On the wreath he sinks lifeless , the storm does prevail . His dog then commenced a most ...
... skill , resolution , and courage , he needs , The attempt now he makes , and he so far succeeds . He gaineth the bank ; but now woeful my tale , On the wreath he sinks lifeless , the storm does prevail . His dog then commenced a most ...
Pàgina 31
... skill ; But my pastime I cannot defend , I use all endeavours to kill . My counterfeit fly I display On purpose the fish to allure ; But under my colours so gay There's a deadly hook to be sure . How like the seducer's my art , Who uses ...
... skill ; But my pastime I cannot defend , I use all endeavours to kill . My counterfeit fly I display On purpose the fish to allure ; But under my colours so gay There's a deadly hook to be sure . How like the seducer's my art , Who uses ...
Pàgina 34
... skill . Their vict'ries , which dazzling appear , Their skill and their courage display ; But , alas ! they cost many a tear , For they swept countless millions away . Their laws by each nation revered , Their policy , 34.
... skill . Their vict'ries , which dazzling appear , Their skill and their courage display ; But , alas ! they cost many a tear , For they swept countless millions away . Their laws by each nation revered , Their policy , 34.
Pàgina 67
... skill they wield , Our warlike youth can scarcely keep the field . The revelry has now attained its height , On meteor wings hath flown away the night The short - liv'd night down Lethe's stream is flown , And sounds far different usher ...
... skill they wield , Our warlike youth can scarcely keep the field . The revelry has now attained its height , On meteor wings hath flown away the night The short - liv'd night down Lethe's stream is flown , And sounds far different usher ...
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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.