 ... side was gay with successive groups of gentlemen and ladies, all drawn together for the festivities of the night, not one of whom appeared willing to recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 333by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 510 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now; "...ane look'd better than mony ane's new; But now he lets 't wear ony way it will hing, And casts himsell dowie upon the corn-bing. O were we young, as... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 494 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street said: "Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now;"...fair on his brow, His auld ane look'd better than raony ane's new; But now he lets 't wear ony way it will hing, And casts himsell dowie upon the corn-bing.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 504 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on his proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now; "...pathetic ballad : " His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on hU brow, His auld ane look'd better than mony nne's new; But now he lets 't wear ony way it will hing,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Burns, who on bis proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now;" and quoted, after a pause, some- verses of lady GrizzeJ Baillie's pathetic ballad: PEaIOD.] ROBERT BURNS. " His bonnet stood anco fu' fair on his brow,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, ' Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now / and quoted, after a pause, some verses of Lady Grizel Baillie's pathetic ballad : g ' His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow, His auld ane looked... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, ' Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now;' and quoted, after a pause, some verses of Lady Grizel Baillie's pathetic ballad : ' His bonnet stood ance fu' fair on his brow, His auld ane looked... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 434 pages
...recognise him. The horseman dismounted, and joined Bums, who on his proposing to cross the street said : " Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now ;"...ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lets 't wear ony way it will hing, And casts himsell dowie upon the corn-bing. O, were we young as... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1871 - 352 pages
...din ; Believe your ain een an ye trow na me. And then she ran in, &c. His bonnet stood aye fu' round on his brow ; His auld ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lets 't wear ony gait it will hing, And casts himsel' dowie upon the corn-bing. But now he, &c. And... | |
 | Sarah Tytler, Jean L. Watson - 1871 - 698 pages
...bonnet is remarked upon with womanly fineness of observation : — " His bonnet stood aye fu' round on his brow ; His auld ane look'd better than mony ane's new ; But now he lets 't wear ony gait it will hing, And casts himsel' dowie upon the corn-bing." Above all, in the... | |
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...The horseman dismounted and joined Burns, who, on his proposing to him to cross the street, said, ' Nay, nay, my young friend, that's all over now;' and quoted, after a pause, some verses of Lady Grizel Baillie's pathetic ballad : " ' His bonnet stood ance fu* fair on his brow, His auld ane looked... | |
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