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 18
... , from me . " " We Britons are true hearts of oaks , So do not break on us your jokes ; But , turn you out , I'll try you fairly ; Who fought it best at Talavera ? ” This roused the Spaniard's Quixotte mettle , Who , nothing 18.
... , from me . " " We Britons are true hearts of oaks , So do not break on us your jokes ; But , turn you out , I'll try you fairly ; Who fought it best at Talavera ? ” This roused the Spaniard's Quixotte mettle , Who , nothing 18.
Pàgina 34
... turn . Now Rome's pregnant page I'll pursue , Where ambition's worst deeds meet my eye ; But still to their principles true , Unfetter'd their Eagles did fly . With bold and yet lenient hand , They ' stablish'd their sovereign rule ...
... turn . Now Rome's pregnant page I'll pursue , Where ambition's worst deeds meet my eye ; But still to their principles true , Unfetter'd their Eagles did fly . With bold and yet lenient hand , They ' stablish'd their sovereign rule ...
Pàgina 49
... turning Deist by profession , The Bible scoff ; At bugbear Conscience and Damnation , Laugh like a cuif . And , next , to give yourself an air , You must peruse Pain , Hume , Voltaire ; Then you'll pass for a man of lair , And seem ...
... turning Deist by profession , The Bible scoff ; At bugbear Conscience and Damnation , Laugh like a cuif . And , next , to give yourself an air , You must peruse Pain , Hume , Voltaire ; Then you'll pass for a man of lair , And seem ...
Pàgina 64
... turning his tail , For honour and honesty gave them leg - bail . At Warsaw , in passing , he made a short call , But the lancers of Poland he liked not at all ; Since Fortune the jilt has on him turn'd her back , There are few friends ...
... turning his tail , For honour and honesty gave them leg - bail . At Warsaw , in passing , he made a short call , But the lancers of Poland he liked not at all ; Since Fortune the jilt has on him turn'd her back , There are few friends ...
Pàgina 75
... Turn spears to ploughs , and swords to pruning hooks ! PART FIFTH . Then come , my muse ! a willing tribute give To those who bravely found a soldier's grave ; Although my numbers cannot mention all , Yet in their country's annals live ...
... Turn spears to ploughs , and swords to pruning hooks ! PART FIFTH . Then come , my muse ! a willing tribute give To those who bravely found a soldier's grave ; Although my numbers cannot mention all , Yet in their country's annals live ...
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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.