The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a Criticism on His Writing. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Zväzok 1T. Cadell and W. Davies ; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1813 |
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Strana 125
... Highland Mary , is known to relate to one of these attach- ments . " It was written , " says our bard , " on one of the most interesting passages of my youthful days . " The object of this passion died early in life , and the impression ...
... Highland Mary , is known to relate to one of these attach- ments . " It was written , " says our bard , " on one of the most interesting passages of my youthful days . " The object of this passion died early in life , and the impression ...
Strana 141
... Highlands , and that he also visited what Beattie calls the Arcadian ground of Scotland , upon the banks of the Tiviot and the Tweed . " I should have mentioned before , that not- withstanding various reports I heard during the ...
... Highlands , and that he also visited what Beattie calls the Arcadian ground of Scotland , upon the banks of the Tiviot and the Tweed . " I should have mentioned before , that not- withstanding various reports I heard during the ...
Strana 163
... Highlands . Of this tour no particulars have been found among his manuscripts . A letter to his friend Mr. Ainslie , dated Arrachas , near Crochairbas , by Lochleary , June 28 , 1787 ; commences as follows : " I write you this on my ...
... Highlands . Of this tour no particulars have been found among his manuscripts . A letter to his friend Mr. Ainslie , dated Arrachas , near Crochairbas , by Lochleary , June 28 , 1787 ; commences as follows : " I write you this on my ...
Strana 164
... Highland gentle- man's hospitable mansion , we fell in with a merry party , and danced till the ladies left us , at three in the morning . Our dancing was none of the French or English insipid formal movements ; the ladies sung Scotch ...
... Highland gentle- man's hospitable mansion , we fell in with a merry party , and danced till the ladies left us , at three in the morning . Our dancing was none of the French or English insipid formal movements ; the ladies sung Scotch ...
Strana 165
... Highland- man in spite of all his efforts , with the hair- halter just as I was passing him , Donald wheel- ed his horse , as if to cross before me to mar my progress , when down came his horse , and threw his rider's breekless a - e in ...
... Highland- man in spite of all his efforts , with the hair- halter just as I was passing him , Donald wheel- ed his horse , as if to cross before me to mar my progress , when down came his horse , and threw his rider's breekless a - e in ...
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The Works of Robert Burns; with an Account of His Life, and a ..., Zväzok 1 Robert Burns Úplné zobrazenie - 1806 |
The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a ..., Zväzok 1 Robert Burns Úplné zobrazenie - 1813 |
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