...dinner; but had no opportunity to keep his word; otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished man. As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable...several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remembered the celebrated Mr. Dugald Stewart. Of course, we youngsters sat silent, looked and listened....

...fifteen, but, in a letter written many years afterwards to Lockhart, he describes the incident — ' As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Fergusson's, where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated...

...fifteen when he came to Edinburgh. I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Adam Fergusson's. Of course we youngsters sat silent, looked, and listened....The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns' manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print of Bunbury 's, representing a soldier lying...

...fifteen when he came to Edinburgh. I saw one day at the late venerable Professor Adam Fergusson's. Of course we youngsters sat silent, looked, and listened....The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns' manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print of Bunbury's, representing a soldier lying...

...dinner; but had no opportunity to keep his word; otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished man. As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Ferguson's,2 where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated...

...opportunity to keep his word; otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished man. As it was, I saw 15 him one day at the late venerable Professor Ferguson's,...remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon 20 him by a print of Bunbury's, representing a soldier lying dead on the snow, his dog sitting in misery...

...but had no opportunity to keep his word ; otherwise I might have seen more of 15 this distinguished man. As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable...Stewart. Of course, we youngsters sat silent, looked, and lis-2o tened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced...

...father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner; but had no opportunity to Professor Ferguson's, where there were several gentlemen...manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print 6 of Bunbury's, representing a soldier lying dead on the snow, his dog sitting in misery on one side,...

...but had no opportunity to keep his word ; otherwise I might have seen more of 15 this distinguished man. As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable...Stewart. Of course, we youngsters sat silent, looked, and lis-ao tened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced...

...fifteen-yearold Scott in 1786-7 in the house of the 'venerable' Adam Ferguson,1 where, as Scott tells us, " there were several gentlemen of literary reputation,...whom I remember the celebrated Mr. Dugald Stewart," we feel that the setting, even for the chance encounter of this man and this boy, disappoints our critical...