 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns enjoyed other schooling than that we have mentioned, and which doubtless exerted a powerful influence... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns enjoyed other schooling than that we have mentioned, and which doubtless exerted a powerful influence... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...and wished myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." And speaking of the same period and books to Mrs. Dunlop, he says, " For several of my earlier years... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...a soldier • while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will hoil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity ahout this time was putting the country half- mad ; and I, amhitious of shining in conversation parties... | |
 | 1847 - 650 pages
...the banks of Bannockburn," and says in his own vehement way," The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns and Scott divide between them the field of the old unnamed bards of Scotland. Burns was the heir... | |
 | 1847 - 584 pages
...the banks of Bannockburn/' and says in his own vehement way, " The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns and Scott divide between them the field of the old unnamed bards of Scotland. Burns was the heir... | |
 | 1847 - 606 pages
...bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." Shakspeare has been the universal favorite of the sons of genius ; but the enthusiasm of one humble... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...а ы>1dier ; while the sto'ry of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will buil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. * Polemical divinity about tbis time was putting the country half mad ; and I, ambitious of shining in conrersation parties on... | |
 | 1848 - 936 pages
...Scotchman reads the tale of Wallace and of Bruce, without having a national prejudice poured into his veins " which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." In this respect, Burns is a fair representative of his people. A reverence for Scotland and her heroes,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...bag-pipe, and wish im^-lt tall enough to he ¡i soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the floodgates of life sbut in eternal rest. Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half-mad ; and I,... | |
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Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will... 
