The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary by R. Ford1773 |
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xxvii. oldal
... voice being good ( he was an excellent singer , indeed ) , he was requested , oftener than was agreeable to him , to officiate as pre- centor at prayers . His wicked wit in time suggested a method of getting rid of the distasteful ...
... voice being good ( he was an excellent singer , indeed ) , he was requested , oftener than was agreeable to him , to officiate as pre- centor at prayers . His wicked wit in time suggested a method of getting rid of the distasteful ...
xxxvii. oldal
... voice , as well as a captivating manner of singing the simple melodies of his native land . Re- cognising this , the Cape Club , when he came to join that coterie of choice spirits , enrolled him under the honorary title of " Sir ...
... voice , as well as a captivating manner of singing the simple melodies of his native land . Re- cognising this , the Cape Club , when he came to join that coterie of choice spirits , enrolled him under the honorary title of " Sir ...
xlviii. oldal
... voice he arose , got me in his arms , and wept . The doctor felt his pulse and declared it to be favourable . I asked the keeper ( whom I formerly knew as a gar- dener ) to allow him to accompany us into an adjoining back court , by way ...
... voice he arose , got me in his arms , and wept . The doctor felt his pulse and declared it to be favourable . I asked the keeper ( whom I formerly knew as a gar- dener ) to allow him to accompany us into an adjoining back court , by way ...
liii. oldal
... voice strong , clear , and melodious . Re- markably fond of old Scots songs , and the best singer of The Birks of Invermay ' I ever heard . When 6 speaking , he was quick , forcible , and complaisant . In walking , he appeared smart ...
... voice strong , clear , and melodious . Re- markably fond of old Scots songs , and the best singer of The Birks of Invermay ' I ever heard . When 6 speaking , he was quick , forcible , and complaisant . In walking , he appeared smart ...
3. oldal
... voice , which says : - " Powder me well and scour me clean , I'll lay a ball on Peebles green . " * The blue - gowns , or king's beadsmen , were a set of privileged beggars peculiar to Scotland . Their numbers were the same as the years ...
... voice , which says : - " Powder me well and scour me clean , I'll lay a ball on Peebles green . " * The blue - gowns , or king's beadsmen , were a set of privileged beggars peculiar to Scotland . Their numbers were the same as the years ...
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151. oldal - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
213. oldal - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
14. oldal - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
12. oldal - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth. Are higher rank 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. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
xi. oldal - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
191. oldal - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
9. oldal - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
13. oldal - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
xlix. oldal - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
59. oldal - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o