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tt> play on these might be abandoned partly oa
account of his father and some of his family falling
sacrifices to consumption.
« With the temperament of genius, there is fre*
quently combined either disease, or a. condition
nearly allied to disease, that seeks for consolation
from without, and requires to be fed by other
praise than the mere approbation of the domestic
circle. A careful reader may discover traces in his
works of a diseased state, though it escaped the
observation of his acquaintances. In one of the
suppressed poems, dated 1804, we have the follow-
ing explicit and striking acknowledgement.
" But ere a few short summers gae,
Your friend will mix his kindred clay,
For fell Disease tugs at my breast
To hurry me away."
His delicate state of health is evident from what
he writes in a letter, September 10th, 1809. — "You
will, I am sure, be glad to hear that I am well .;
indeed I have been a good deal stouter and healer
these some months past than I have been fox years,™
tt> play on these might be abandoned partly oa
account of his father and some of his family falling
sacrifices to consumption.
« With the temperament of genius, there is fre*
quently combined either disease, or a. condition
nearly allied to disease, that seeks for consolation
from without, and requires to be fed by other
praise than the mere approbation of the domestic
circle. A careful reader may discover traces in his
works of a diseased state, though it escaped the
observation of his acquaintances. In one of the
suppressed poems, dated 1804, we have the follow-
ing explicit and striking acknowledgement.
" But ere a few short summers gae,
Your friend will mix his kindred clay,
For fell Disease tugs at my breast
To hurry me away."
His delicate state of health is evident from what
he writes in a letter, September 10th, 1809. — "You
will, I am sure, be glad to hear that I am well .;
indeed I have been a good deal stouter and healer
these some months past than I have been fox years,™
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Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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