 Peace.' I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure.  Robert Burns - Pagina 53door John Campbell Shairp - 1879 - 211 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1828 - 722 pagina’s
...the unpromising title of " The Justice of Peace." I whispered ray information to a friend present, he mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received and still recollect with very great pleasure. ' His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pagina’s
...tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were,...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust; his-manic 4 ners... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pagina’s
...tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were,...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust ; his manic 4 ners... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pagina’s
...the unpromising title of • The Justice of Peace.* I whispered my information to a friend presnnt, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic,... | |
 | 1830 - 472 pagina’s
...tears.' " Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were,...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic,... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pagina’s
...forgotten poem of Langhornc's. I passed this information to Burns by a friend, and I was rewarded wiih a look and a word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure." "Hid person," continues Sir Walter, "was strong and... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pagina’s
...to Iris mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody hut myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pagina’s
...rather the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines wero, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that...rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though in mere civility,|I then received, and still recollect, with great pleasure. His person was strong... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pagina’s
...the unpromising title of " The Justice of Peace." I whispered my information to a friend present, he mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received and still recollect with very great pleasure. 'His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 pagina’s
...occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhome's, called by the unpromising title of ' The Justice of the Peace.' I whispered my information to a friend present,...word, which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust : his manners rustic,... | |
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