A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, Volume 1; Volume 2671875 |
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... poet of the seventeenth century , and probably a relative of the subject of the following article , was the son of James Adamson , who was dean of guild in Perth , anno 1600 , when the Gowrie conspiracy took place in that city . The poet ...
... poet of the seventeenth century , and probably a relative of the subject of the following article , was the son of James Adamson , who was dean of guild in Perth , anno 1600 , when the Gowrie conspiracy took place in that city . The poet ...
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... poet should see the two most accomplished scholars in Scotland - whole hour , conversing with Andrew Melville , after Andrew Melville and Patrick Adamson . To St. Andrews , accordingly , the royal cortege repaired ; and the first notice ...
... poet should see the two most accomplished scholars in Scotland - whole hour , conversing with Andrew Melville , after Andrew Melville and Patrick Adamson . To St. Andrews , accordingly , the royal cortege repaired ; and the first notice ...
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... poet of The Seasons to the brilliant literary circle the present . Not long after , when the king returned of the day - Pope , Swift , Gay , Arbuthnot , & c . — and , from hunting , he saw the bishop , and , remembering what was perhaps ...
... poet of The Seasons to the brilliant literary circle the present . Not long after , when the king returned of the day - Pope , Swift , Gay , Arbuthnot , & c . — and , from hunting , he saw the bishop , and , remembering what was perhaps ...
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... poet , whose songs in removed to England in 1754 , and , in the year fol- the Scottish dialect have obtained considerable popu - lowing , obtained the notice of the celebrated Philip larity , was born April 5th , 1792 , at Bargeny Mains ...
... poet , whose songs in removed to England in 1754 , and , in the year fol- the Scottish dialect have obtained considerable popu - lowing , obtained the notice of the celebrated Philip larity , was born April 5th , 1792 , at Bargeny Mains ...
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... poet of the reign of James VI . and Charles I. The original rank of this personage was that of a small landed proprietor or laird ; but he was elevated , by dint of his various accomplishments , and through the favour of the two ...
... poet of the reign of James VI . and Charles I. The original rank of this personage was that of a small landed proprietor or laird ; but he was elevated , by dint of his various accomplishments , and through the favour of the two ...
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Page 172 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Page 256 - To leave the bonnie banks of Ayr. Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, Her heathy moors and winding vales ; The scenes where wretched fancy roves, Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! Farewell, my friends ! Farewell, my foes ! My peace with these, my love with those — The bursting tears my heart declare ; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr 1 THE FAREWELL.
Page 254 - I looked and fingered over her little hand to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly; and it was her favourite reel to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Page 267 - Lochiel, who, my father has often told me, was our firmest friend, may stay at home, and learn from the newspapers the fate of his prince.'— ' No,' said Lochiel, 'I'll share the fate of my prince; and so shall every man over whom nature or fortune hath given me any power.
Page 257 - Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's called by the unpromising title of 'The Justice of the Peace'.
Page 257 - His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic, not clownish ; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents. His features are represented in Mr. Nasmyth's picture, but to me it conveys the idea, that they are diminished as if seen in perspective. I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. I...
Page 257 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew ; The big drops mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery, baptized in tears.
Page 254 - In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below...
Page 255 - The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave.
Page 260 - As to any remuneration, you may think my songs either above or below price ; for they shall absolutely be the one or the other. In the honest enthusiasm with which I embark in your undertaking, to talk of money, wages, fee, hire, etc. would be downright prostitution of soul ! A proof of each of the songs that I compose or amend I shall receive as a favour.