A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, Količina 1;Količina 2671875 |
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Stran 13
... interest than by merit . He accordingly filled the periodical works of the day with ridicule and abuse directed against the unfortunate grammar . Amongst other pasquinades appeared an account , in Latin , of a Roman funeral , in which ...
... interest than by merit . He accordingly filled the periodical works of the day with ridicule and abuse directed against the unfortunate grammar . Amongst other pasquinades appeared an account , in Latin , of a Roman funeral , in which ...
Stran 14
... interest part of the town . But they were considered un- which he felt in this particular branch of Roman re- suitable to the taste or economy of the times , and mains , and his anxiety to behold a good specimen of were therefore ...
... interest part of the town . But they were considered un- which he felt in this particular branch of Roman re- suitable to the taste or economy of the times , and mains , and his anxiety to behold a good specimen of were therefore ...
Stran 15
... interest of every qualification . When he addressed his scholars , when he commended excellence , or when he was seated at his own fireside with a friend on whom he could rely , it was delightful to be near him ; and no man could leave ...
... interest of every qualification . When he addressed his scholars , when he commended excellence , or when he was seated at his own fireside with a friend on whom he could rely , it was delightful to be near him ; and no man could leave ...
Stran 33
... interest and instruction , and worthy of a permanent record , was well evinced by the delight with which his hearers were wont to listen to his conversational narratives , when he happened - which was but rarely -to allude to the events ...
... interest and instruction , and worthy of a permanent record , was well evinced by the delight with which his hearers were wont to listen to his conversational narratives , when he happened - which was but rarely -to allude to the events ...
Stran 35
... interest , seeing that the method of Linnæus , after serving a useful purpose , has been superseded by the natural system , to the foundation of which Linnæus in no small degree contributed , but which it was left to Jussieu and De ...
... interest , seeing that the method of Linnæus , after serving a useful purpose , has been superseded by the natural system , to the foundation of which Linnæus in no small degree contributed , but which it was left to Jussieu and De ...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: With a Supplemental Volume ... Robert Chambers,Thomas Thomson Predogled ni na voljo - 2015 |
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Količina 1 Robert Chambers Predogled ni na voljo - 1870 |
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Aberdeen admiration afterwards Alexander Andrews appeared appointed Argyle army Assembly Baillie Balfour Baliol Barclay became Bishop Boswell British brother Bruce Buchanan Burns Campbell Carstairs castle Chalmers character Christian church Church of Scotland command commenced court daughter death died distinguished divinity Duke duties Earl Edinburgh Edward eminent enemy England English father favour Ferrol firlot France French friends George Bannatyne Glasgow Highland honour James Joanna Baillie John John Baliol king King of Scotland labours learned lectures letter literary lived Lochiel London Lord manner Marischal College ment mind minister native never occasion parish parliament party period person Perth poems poet possessed preached presbytery principal profession published received returned Robert Calder royal Scotland Scots Scottish sent society soon success talents tion took university of Edinburgh university of Glasgow volume whole writing
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Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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.
Stran 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'.
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 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.