 ... backwards and forwards in a moral and religious way. I am quite transported at the thought that ere long, perhaps very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and...  Life of Robert Burns - Page 48by John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...contentedly and gladly re" sign it. e' The soul uneasy and confined at home, " Rests and expatiates in $ life to come." " It is for this reason I am more pleased with " the 15th, i6th, and 17th verses of the 7th chap** ter of Revelations, than with any ten times as " many verses... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...in^propurtion to the capacity of happiness*." * In this letter Burns has these expressions : — " It is for this reason I am more pleased with the 15th, 16th, and 17th verses of the seventh chapter of the Revelations, than with any ten times as many verses in the whole Bible, and... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...very soon, I shall bid <m eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you I am heartily tired...contentedly and gladly resign it. ' The soul, uneasy, and confin'd at home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. ' ' It is for this reason I am more pleased... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life; for I assure you I am heartily tired of...contentedly and gladly resign it. ' The soul, uneasy, and conlin'd at home, Rests umI expatiates in a life to come.' " It is for this reason I am more pleased... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you I am heartily tired...myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. 1 The soul, uneasy, and confin'd at home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.' " It is for this... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you I am heartily tired...myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. ' Honoured Sir,—I have purposely delayed writing, in the hope that I should have the pleasure of... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...reír soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to ullt'iie pains, und uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you I am heartily tired of it ; and, if I do net very much deceive myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. The soul, uneasy, and confined... | |
 | 1809 - 448 pages
...very soon, I shall hid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquietudes of this weary life ; for I assure you I am heartily tired...resign it. The soul, uneasy, and confined at home, Kests and expatiates in a life to come. " It is for thls reason I am more pleased with the 15th, 16th,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 422 pages
...very much deceive myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. ' The soul, uneasy, and confin'd at home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come/ "...reason I am more pleased with the 15th, 16th, and l?th verses of the ?th chapter of Revelations, than with any ten times as many verses in the whole... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...very soon, I shall hid an cternal adien to all the pains, and uneasinesses, and disquictudes of this weary life ; for, I assure you, I am heartily tired of it, and if I do not very much dceeive myself, I could contentedly and gladly resign it. ' The soul uneasy and confined at home, Rests... | |
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