 Burns seemed much affected by the print, or rather by the ideas which it suggested to his mind. He actually shed tears. He asked whose the lines were, and it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a halfforgotten poem of Langhorne's,...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 107de Thomas Carlyle - 1855 - 368 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1828 - 722 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of " The Justice of Peace." I whispered ray information to a friend present, he mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of The Justice of...Peace. I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,... | |
 | 1828 - 268 pages
...whispered my information to a friend present, <fci 1 mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a lo"<4k and a word, which, though of mere civility, I then...pleasure. ' His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic, not clownish ; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of The Justice of...Peace. I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...it chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a halfforgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of • The Justice of Peace.* I whispered my information to a friend presnnt, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,... | |
 | 1830 - 472 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of ' The Justice of...Peace.' I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...forgotten poem of Langhornc's. I passed this information to Burns by a friend, and I was rewarded wiih a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,...received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure." "Hid person," continues Sir Walter, "was strong and robust: his manners rustic, not clownish, a sort... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...chanced that nobody hut myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of The Justice of...Peace. I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though of mere civility,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of " The Justice of...great pleasure. 'His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic, not clownish; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity, which received part of... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...chanced that nobody but myself remembered that they occur in a half-forgotten poem of Langhorne's, called by the unpromising title of ' The Justice of...Peace.' I whispered my information to a friend present, who mentioned it to Burns, who rewarded me with a look and a word, which, though in mere civility,|I... | |
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