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" ... side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street... "
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 333
by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 454 pages
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The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern: With an Introduction ..., Volume 3

Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 378 pages
...mither came out wi' a shriek and a shout — And were na my heart light I wad die. His bonnet stood then fu' fair on his brow — His auld ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lets 't wear ony way it will hing, And casts himself dowie upon the corn bing. And now he gaes daunering...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, " Nay, nay, my young friend,—that's all over now ;" and quoted, after a pause, some verses...of Lady Grizzel Baillie's pathetic ballad,— his toasts, his jokes, his epigrams, his songs, were the daily food of conversation and scandal; and he,...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Hums, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, " Nay, nay, my young friend, — that's all over now...Baillie's pathetic ballad, — " His bonnet stood ance 1'u' fair on his brow, His auld ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lets't wear ony...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, " Nay, nay, my young friend, — that's all over now...ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lete't wear ony way it will hing, , And casts himsell dowie upon the corn-bing. " O were we young,...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, " Nay, nay, ray young friend, — that's all over now ;" and quoted,...verses of Lady Grizzel Baillie's pathetic ballad, — "Hia bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow, His auld ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life

Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, " Nay, nay, my young friend, — that's all over now;"...verses of Lady Grizzel Baillie's pathetic ballad, — I " O veré we young, u we anee hae been, We sud hae been galloping doun on yon green, And linking...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now ;" and quoted, after a pause, some verse« of lady Griitel Baillic's pathetic ballad: " His bonnet stood anco iu' fair on his brow, His...
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The Life of Robert Burns: With a Criticism on His Writings ...

James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, ' Nay, nay, my young friend—that's all over now;' and quoted, after a pause, some verses...fair on his brow, His auld ane look'd better than many ane's now ; But now he lets't wear ony way it will hing, And casts himsel dowie upon the com-bing....
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, collected and republ

Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now; " and quoted, after a pause, some verses of Lady Orizzel Baillie's pathetic ballad : " His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow, His auld ane look'd...
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The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...wished him to join the gentry. — " Nav, nay, my young friend," he said, " that's all over with me appy could he have done it with your strength of imagination and flow of verse ! May the turf lie anee fu' fair on his brow, Mis auld HIM- look'd better than mcmr ane*s new ; But now he lets't wear...
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