The Falls of Clyde: Or, The Fairies; a Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five Acts. With Three Preliminary DissertationsW. Creech, 1806 - 241 páginas |
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... thee , for a ' thy furs , an ' paughty name . 1 Burns had much more of the acer vis et fpiritus . With a great deal of fire he united a deep fenfibility , almost as exceffive as that of Rouffeau . He defcribed the emotions of his own ...
... thee , for a ' thy furs , an ' paughty name . 1 Burns had much more of the acer vis et fpiritus . With a great deal of fire he united a deep fenfibility , almost as exceffive as that of Rouffeau . He defcribed the emotions of his own ...
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... thee , and thy dublet tu , The talleur and the fowter fall undu All they ha ' made , except thou manlier woo . Douce , her daughter . Gud mother , gif you chide him he'll do wairs . Witch . Hang him ! I geif him to the devil's eirs ...
... thee , and thy dublet tu , The talleur and the fowter fall undu All they ha ' made , except thou manlier woo . Douce , her daughter . Gud mother , gif you chide him he'll do wairs . Witch . Hang him ! I geif him to the devil's eirs ...
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... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fball bleed ! If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . The jealousy of Pope and Philips is well known . Not fatisfied with his ironical attack of that writer in the Guardian ( No. 40. ) Pope ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fball bleed ! If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . The jealousy of Pope and Philips is well known . Not fatisfied with his ironical attack of that writer in the Guardian ( No. 40. ) Pope ...
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... thee in woods where ne'er a ftep Has trodden down the grafs fae green , Where torrents fa ' are never heard , And flowers fpring never to be seen ; Where lonely horror reigns , and ne'er Was heard of birds the cheerin ' fong ; Wi ' thee ...
... thee in woods where ne'er a ftep Has trodden down the grafs fae green , Where torrents fa ' are never heard , And flowers fpring never to be seen ; Where lonely horror reigns , and ne'er Was heard of birds the cheerin ' fong ; Wi ' thee ...
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... thee ; Nor would I wish for bufy crowds , Thyfelf would be to me a throng ; Nor when the hours past lingering by , Would I e'er think these hours were long . SCENE IV . Now down yon glen I think I see some sheep , Fuddin ' their tails ...
... thee ; Nor would I wish for bufy crowds , Thyfelf would be to me a throng ; Nor when the hours past lingering by , Would I e'er think these hours were long . SCENE IV . Now down yon glen I think I see some sheep , Fuddin ' their tails ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adam amang auld baith beautiful Bonniton brae canna Catharine cave charms Clyde dialect eclogues English faid Faithful Shepherdess Falls of Clyde fame fatire fays feems fing firſt fome fong Fontenelle frae fuch green gude heard heart heaven hence houſe ilka ither James Jamie Jean Johnſon laffie language laſt maid maist maun Milton mind moon moſt muſt Nae mair nane nature ne'er never night Note o'er Oberon obſerve paffage painted pastoral pastoral poetry perfon perhaps poem poetry poets Pope prefent Queen Queen Mab Quintilian rainbow green rhyme rocks says SCENE Scotish Scotland ſeems ſeen Shakeſpeare Shepherd ſhould Sir John songs ſpeak ſtill ſtory stream Symon tald tell thee thefe Theocritus there's theſe thing thoſe thou Twas uſe verſes Virgil Voltaire weel whan words writers
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Página 103 - Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Página 56 - That strain again ! — it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, ( Stealing and giving odour !— Enough ; no more ; ( 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before.
Página 84 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig-tree putteth forth her green ligs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 5 - ... with the characters and actions of such persons as have, many of them, no existence but what he bestows on them. Such are fairies, witches, magicians, demons, and departed spirits. This Mr. Dryden calls "the fairy way of writing...
Página 45 - Above all, such are their terrible graces of magic and enchantment, so magnificently marvelous are their fictions and fablings, that they contribute in a wonderful degree to rouse and invigorate all the powers of imagination, to store the fancy with those sublime and alarming images which true poetry best delights to display.
Página 36 - But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Página 47 - Description) as she does in the Scottish Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rise in our own Valleys; the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our own Hills.
Página 54 - ... more rhyming couplets are found, than in all the plays composed subsequently to that year, which have been named his late productions.
Página 36 - It is not (replied our philosopher) because they treat, as you call it, about love, but because they treat of nothing, that they are despicable : we must not ridicule a passion which he who never felt never was happy, and he who laughs at never deserves to feel — a passion which has caused the change of empires, and the loss of worlds — a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice.
Página 29 - ... to their minds the interesting scenes of infancy and youth — to awaken many pleasing, many tender recollections. Literary men, residing at Edinburgh or Aberdeen, cannot judge on this point for one hundred and fifty thousand of their expatriated countrymen...