 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 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 101de Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 568 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 318 pages
...for Burns," (he writes,) " 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...acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with * Life of Scott, by Mr. Allan, p. 53. the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented.... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 324 pages
...little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with * Life of Scott, by Mr. Allan, p. 53. the gentry of the west country, the two sets that...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 476 pages
...will also be precious. ' As for Bums,' writes Sir Walter,' I may truly say, VlrgHium vidi tcmtum. 1 was a lad of fifteen in 1786 - 7, when he came first...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...say, Virgttmm vidi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but bad sense and feeling enough to be much interested in...with the gentry of the west country, the two sets whom he most frequented. Mr T. Orierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 pages
...for Burns," he writes, " 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...he most frequented. Mr Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 pages
...for Burns," he writes, " 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...he most frequented. Mr Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 862 pages
...will also be precious. ' As for Burns,' writes Sir Walter, ' I may truly say, Virrjilium vidi taniitm. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786 - 7, when he came first...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my lather's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...be rewarded/' " I was a lad of fifteen," says Sir Walter Scott, " in 1786-7, when Burns first came to Edinburgh; but had sense and feeling enough to...poetry, and would have given the world to know him. . . . As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Ferguson's, where there were several... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1831 - 622 pages
...Walter Scott wag 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 accidently at Professor Ferguson's : the оц!у thing I remember which was remarkable in... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...extraordinary man, we quote his words : — " I was a lad of fifteen, when he first came to Edinboro', but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested...most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was, at that time, a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but... | |
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