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" I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered, on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent... "
The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany - Page 26
1800
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...the work as it bordered on fatigue. My " passions, when once lighted up, raged like so " many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and " then the conning over my verses, like a spell, " soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes " of those days are in print, except,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 42

1801 - 762 pages
...¡(Ted the work as it bordered on fatigue. My paflions, when once lighted up, raged like (o many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning...fpell, foothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of thole days are in print, except, WintiT, a dirge, the eldeft of my priced pieces The Death of Poor...
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Annual Register, Volume 42

Edmund Burke - 1801 - 818 pages
...woi'k as it bordered 'on fatigué. M'y partions, wherl orice lighled up, raged like fo many 'devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verfes, like afpell, foothe;i all irito quiet! None of the rhymes of thcfe days are îh print, except, Winter, a...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

1801 - 860 pages
...fatigue. My paflkms, when once lighted up, raged like fo many devils, till they got vent hi rhyme 5 and then the conning over my verfes, like a fpell, foothed all into euiet ! None ofthe rhymes of thoîe days are in print, except Winter, л Dirge, the eldeft of my printed...
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The Monthly Epitome, Volume 4

1801 - 506 pages
..., weft work as if bordered on fatigue. My pallions, when once lighted up, raged like fo many devils till they got vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verles, like a fpell, foothed all into quiet! None of the rhymes of thofe days are in print, except...
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Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions ..., Volumes 1-2

Sir Egerton Brydges - 1805 - 908 pages
...dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme, and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet* !" In truth, without regard to happiness, or misery,...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Life of Robert Burns, criticism on his writings ...

Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 3

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1806 - 796 pages
...dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme, and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet 1" In truth, without regard to happiness, or misery, the...
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The prose works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except...
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Letters, Volumes 1-2

Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except...
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