 Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier, while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will...  Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory - Strana 131904Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | George Henderson (of Chirnside) - 1856 - Počet stránok 202
...we cursed the Southern in our heart ! That book, to use the words of the immortal Burns, "poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." None of our youthful compeers, that we ever met with, had the same enthusiasm about Wallace, except... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - Počet stránok 728
...drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest. 'Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad ; and I, ambitious of shining... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 466
...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wished myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." And speaking of tha same period and books to Mrs Dunlop, he says, " For several of my earlier years... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 448
...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wished myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." And speaking of ther same period and books to Mrs Dunlop, he says, " For several of my earlier years... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 454
...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wished myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." And speaking of the same period and books to Mrs Dunlop, he says, " For several of my earlier years... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - Počet stránok 378
...drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Shakspeare has been the favourite of far too many to be specified ; but the enthusiasm of one humble... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - Počet stránok 216
...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." Mr. Murdoch's removal from Mount Oliphant deprived Burns of his instructions; but they were still continued... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1859 - Počet stránok 320
...of Hannibal, and the History of Sir William Wallace,"— he added, " The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." The peculiar merit of Simon de Montfort, which gives him a claim to a rank both among " heroes " and among... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1859 - Počet stránok 328
...of Hannibal, and the History of Sir William Wallace,"— he added, " The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." The peculiar merit of Simon de Montfort, which gives him a claim to a rank both among " heroes " and among... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - Počet stránok 530
...drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad ; and I, ambitious of shining... | |
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