In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below... The prose works of Robert Burns - Page 87by Robert Burns - 1816 - 705 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...for companion in his harvest toil a sweet and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: ' In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated...delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin -horse prudence, and bookworm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 496 pages
...tlie victim of some fair enslaver. (Récit clé sqn frère.) 2. In short she, altogether uiiwittiugly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion,...ginhorse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be thé first of liuman joys, our dearest blessing hère below. et ses chansons montrent qu'au moindre... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 280 pages
...that language; but you know the Scottish idiom, — she was a bonnie, sweet, sousie lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated...which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prndence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 462 pages
...for companion in his harvest toil a sweet and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: "In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated...the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below."8 He sat beside her with a joy which he did not understand, to "pick out from her little hand... | |
| Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 pages
...bewitching creature, a year younger than myself : she was in truth a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass, and unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious...philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys. How she caught the contagion I cannot tell ; I never expressly said I loved her : indec'JI did not... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...companion in the harvest-field a sweet and lovable girl, a year younger than himself: * In .short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated...gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to lie the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below!' In the evening, as the toilers returned... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 pages
...language ; but you know the Scottish idiom — she was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she 1 altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated me in...disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I held to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How she caught the contagion... | |
| Robert Burns - 1881 - 700 pages
...passion whieh, in spite of aeid disappointment, gin-herse prudenee, and book-worm philosophy, I held to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How she eaught the eontagion I eannot tell : you medieal peeple talk mueh of infeetion from breathing the same... | |
| 1882 - 590 pages
...justice in that language ; but you know the Scottish idiomshe was a bonnic, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself, initiated...first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below. . . . Among her other lowinspiring qualities, she sang sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel to which... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 380 pages
...that language ; but you know the Scottish idiom — she was a lonnie, sweet, tonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated...spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book -worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below ! How... | |
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