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... Michael Bruce Craig 37. Happiness drawn rather from Prospect than Possession - exemplified in the History of Eupha- nor • · · Tytler . 38. Scheme of Lectures on Politeness , by Simulator Mackenzie . 39. Danger , incident to Men of fine ...
... Michael Bruce Craig 37. Happiness drawn rather from Prospect than Possession - exemplified in the History of Eupha- nor • · · Tytler . 38. Scheme of Lectures on Politeness , by Simulator Mackenzie . 39. Danger , incident to Men of fine ...
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... recollect very few instances of persons who wished for changes in their present con- dition . On the contrary , I have met with 36 N ° 8 . MIRROR . Reflections on Genius unnoticed and unknown -Anecdotes of Michael Bruce Craig.
... recollect very few instances of persons who wished for changes in their present con- dition . On the contrary , I have met with 36 N ° 8 . MIRROR . Reflections on Genius unnoticed and unknown -Anecdotes of Michael Bruce Craig.
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... Michael Bruce : that this Michael Bruce was born in a remote village in Kinross- shire , and descended from parents remarkable for nothing but the innocence and simplicity of their XXXIV . R lives that , in the twenty - first year of x ...
... Michael Bruce : that this Michael Bruce was born in a remote village in Kinross- shire , and descended from parents remarkable for nothing but the innocence and simplicity of their XXXIV . R lives that , in the twenty - first year of x ...
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... Michael Bruce resided ; I never look on his dwelling , -a small thatched house , distinguished from the cot- tages of the other inhabitants only by a sashed window at the end , instead of a lattice , fringed with a honey- suckle plant ...
... Michael Bruce resided ; I never look on his dwelling , -a small thatched house , distinguished from the cot- tages of the other inhabitants only by a sashed window at the end , instead of a lattice , fringed with a honey- suckle plant ...
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... Michael Bruce , who , it is probable , never heard of the Abbé de Chaulieu , has also written a poem on his own approaching death ; with the latter part of which I shall conclude this paper . Now spring returns ; but not to me returns ...
... Michael Bruce , who , it is probable , never heard of the Abbé de Chaulieu , has also written a poem on his own approaching death ; with the latter part of which I shall conclude this paper . Now spring returns ; but not to me returns ...
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance ALEXANDER ABERCROMBY amusement appearance attention Bearskin beauty behaviour Blubber brother character circumstances conduct confess conversation Countess of Dorchester court of session daugh daughter degree delicacy dinner disposition effect elegant endeavour entertainment Eubulus fashion fashionable song father favour FEBRUARY 23 feel Fingal Fleetwood fortune genius gentleman give happiness heard heart honour imitation indulgence judge letter Licinius lived look Lord CULLEN manners ment merit Michael Bruce mind Mirror nature ness never objects observed opinion paper particular passion pedantry perhaps person philosopher pleased pleasure poet politeness portunities possessed present racter rank readers received remarkable ROBERT CULLEN Roche rusal SATURDAY seemed sensibility sentiments servant shew situation society sometimes sort spirit talents talk taste thing thought tion town toyman TUESDAY Umphraville virtue wife wish write XXXIV
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Página 266 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 119 - Through the high wood echoing shrill. Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state...
Página 119 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Página 183 - Now Spring returns: but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Página 66 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Página 221 - forgive these tears; assist Thy servant to lift up his soul to Thee; to lift to Thee the souls of Thy people! My friends! it is good so to do: at all seasons it is good, but in the days of our distress what a privilege it is! Well saith the sacred book, Trust in the Lord; at all times trust in the Lord.
Página 66 - The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven, but thou art for ever the same, rejoicing in the brightness of thy course.
Página 66 - When the world is dark with tempests, when thunder rolls, and lightning flies, thou lookest in thy beauty from the clouds, and laughest at the storm.
Página 183 - Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me the church-yard's lonely mound, Where Melancholy with still Silence reigns, And the rank grass waves o'er the cheerless ground.
Página 187 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A Mistress moderately fair, And good as guardian angels are, Only beloved and loving me.