 I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbowchair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on. Seriously,...  Letters - Page 69by Robert Burns - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbowchair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 450 pages
...fire-side of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow-chair, by way of calling forth my own...is almost invariably my way. \ What cursed egotism I Gill Morice, I am for leaving out. It is a plaguy length ; the air itself is never sung ; and its... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...verses I have framed. Whet I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fire-side of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow-chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 658 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fire-side of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow-chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes. Seriously,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...fireside of my study, and there commit my e£. fusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow-chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes. Seriously, this, at home, is almost invariably my way, — What cursed egotism !"•(• * Correspondence... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow-chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes. Seriously,... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 366 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fire side of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbow chair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 370 pages
...verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fire-side of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper ; swinging,...home, is almost invariably my way. What cursed egotism ! " Gil Morice" I am for leaving out. It is a plaguy length ; the air itself is never sung, and its... | |
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