 | 1879 - 990 pages
...composed by men who had Latin and Greek; but my girl sang a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son on one of his father's maids with...no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he. for, excepting that he could smear sheep and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more... | |
 | Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 pages
...composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids,...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep, and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no... | |
 | 1879 - 984 pages
...composed by men who had Latin and Greek; but my girl sang a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son on one of his father's maids with...no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he, for, excepting that he could smear sheep arid cast peats, his father living1 in the moorlands, he had no... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 362 pages
...composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sang a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son on one of his father's maids with...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep, and cast peats — his father living in the moorlands — he had... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a country laird's son, on one of his father's maids...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could shear sheep and cost peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1881 - 700 pages
...whieh was said to be eomposed by a small eountry laird's son on one of his father's maids with whem he was in love, and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for exeepting that he eould smear sheep, and east peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no... | |
 | 1882 - 590 pages
...ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be by a small country laird's son on one of his father's maids,...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep and cast peats, his lather living in the moorlands, he had no more... | |
 | 1882 - 780 pages
...composed by men who read Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song whicli was said to be composed by a country laird's son, on one of his father's maids,...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could shear sheep and cast peats, hia father living in the moorlands, he had DO more... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 416 pages
...binding as he cut the rustling poppy-mingled grain. She " sang sweetly " a song composed by a small country laird's son on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love — and the dark sunburnt glowing boy, with the thrill of a new emotion stirring through him, ran into song... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1882 - 374 pages
...by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love 1 and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep,... | |
| |
I was not so presumptuous as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom... 
