 I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, 20 when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 315by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
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...flECOLLECTIONS. As for Burns, I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...poetry, and would have given the world to know him ; but 1 had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west... | |
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...Walter Scott was perceived by Robert Burns. " I was a lad of fifteen," says the former, when he came to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to...poetry, and would have given the world to know him. I saw him accidentally at Professor Ferguson's : the only thing I remember which was remarkable in... | |
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