The works of professor Wilson, ed. by prof. Ferrier, Volume 71857 |
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... tell you medical people talk much of infec- tion from breathing the same air , the touch , & c . , but I never ex- pressly said I loved her . Indeed I did not know myself why I liked so much to loiter behind with her , when returning in ...
... tell you medical people talk much of infec- tion from breathing the same air , the touch , & c . , but I never ex- pressly said I loved her . Indeed I did not know myself why I liked so much to loiter behind with her , when returning in ...
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... telling us to see the cup of Thyrsis . " Down flow'd her robe , a tartan sheen , Till half her leg was scrimply seen ; And such a leg ! my bonny Jean Could only peer it ; Sae straught , sae taper , tight , and clean , Nane else could ...
... telling us to see the cup of Thyrsis . " Down flow'd her robe , a tartan sheen , Till half her leg was scrimply seen ; And such a leg ! my bonny Jean Could only peer it ; Sae straught , sae taper , tight , and clean , Nane else could ...
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... many yards , will anybody tell us , were in that green mantle ? And what a pattern ! Thomas Campbell knew better what liberty is allowed by nature to Imagination in her inspired dreams . THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF BURNS . 21.
... many yards , will anybody tell us , were in that green mantle ? And what a pattern ! Thomas Campbell knew better what liberty is allowed by nature to Imagination in her inspired dreams . THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF BURNS . 21.
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... tell at once of home's familiar doings and of the highest thoughts that can ascend in supplication to the throne of God . What is the eighteenth stanza , and why did it too " thrill with peculiar ecstasy my soul ? " You may be sure that ...
... tell at once of home's familiar doings and of the highest thoughts that can ascend in supplication to the throne of God . What is the eighteenth stanza , and why did it too " thrill with peculiar ecstasy my soul ? " You may be sure that ...
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... tell of fingers more familiar with the plough than the pen ? He himself sometimes must have wondered to find every receptacle in the spence crammed with manu- scripts , to say nothing of the many others floating about all over the ...
... tell of fingers more familiar with the plough than the pen ? He himself sometimes must have wondered to find every receptacle in the spence crammed with manu- scripts , to say nothing of the many others floating about all over the ...
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Page 322 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 321 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Page 109 - 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
Page 127 - 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!
Page 323 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 326 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs 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.
Page 322 - The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear ! And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.
Page 327 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I.
Page 328 - 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.
Page 326 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...