...knowledge of Burns among the London circles of rank and literature. "In my infant and boyish days, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her Ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection...

...woman, (Jenny Wilson by name,) who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country, of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, &c., &c., [proceeding to give the enumeration,]...

...powerful influence over his mind. " In my infant and boyish days," he observes in a letter to Dr. Moore, " I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, Jenny Wilson by name, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition. She had, I suppose,...

...powerful influence over his mind. " In my infant and boyish days," he observes in a letter to Dr. Moore, " I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, Jenny Wilson by name, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition. She had, I suppose,...

...mind. "In my infant and boyish days," he writes to Dr. Moore, another of his early literary patrons, " I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family (Jenney Wilson by name), remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition ; she had, I suppose,...

...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection...

...an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witchies, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,...

...of age, I was a critic in suhstantives, verhs, and participles. In my infant and hoyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkahle for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection...

...an old woman who re5* sided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles,...

...years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection...