 This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry, but had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp lookout in suspicious places; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters,...  The British Prose Writers... - Page 571819Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, appa" ritions, cantraips, giants, inchanted towers, <f dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated " the..." an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, ef in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a " sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though "... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, * Idiot for idiotic. candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery....in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp lookout in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...elf" candles, .— ». * Idiot for idiotic. candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery....in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp lookout in suspicious places; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...tower«, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent leeds of poetry ; but had lo ft ron g an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I lometimes keep a fharp look-out in ¡ufpicious places ; and though nobody can be more fceptical than... | |
 | 1823 - 848 pages
...brownies, witches, warlecks, spunkies, kelpies, elfcandles, dead-light«, wraitbs, apparitions, cantraipe, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery....This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had ao strong an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...witches, warocks, kelpies, elf-candles, deadights, wraiths, apparitions, contraips, giants, inchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. — This cultivated...the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an efiect'on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal ramales, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 pages
...brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery....in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp lookout in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such mattcrs,yet... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 pages
...brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery....in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. • This cultivated the latent seeds • Mr Robert Chambers tells me that this woman's name was Jenny Wilson, and that she outlived Burns,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. * This cultivated the latent seeds • Mr Robert Chambers tells me that this woman's name was Jenny Wilson, and that she outlived Burns,... | |
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