 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 look-out in suspicious places : and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page ivby Robert Burns - 1870 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, appa" ritions, cantraips, giants, inchanted towers, <f dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated " the latent seeds..." 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 "... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, inchantcd towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than 1 am in such matters,... | |
 | 1819 - 364 pages
...kelpies, elfcandles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...kelpies, elfcandles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...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^... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1820 - 484 pages
...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, inchauted towers, dragons and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I HIII in such matters,... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...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
...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such mattcrs,yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...kelpies, elf-candles, deadlights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of...had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to thishour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep » sharp look-out in suspicious places : and •Idiot... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted bowers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect upon my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out... | |
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