...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...

...As for Burns," he writes, " I may truly say, FVn/iViwm ridi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 178o' 7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense...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...

...for Burns," (he writes,) "I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum. 1 was a lad of fifteen m 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 wi;h the gentry .of the west...

...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...of the west country, — the two sets that he most I am inadvertently led to confound dates while I talk of this remote period, for, as I have no notes,...

...genius! " 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...with the gentry of the West country, the two sets whom he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns,...

...writes : — " 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...

...Viiyllium eidi lantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 173(i 7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had seujc and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would liave given the world to know him ; but i híid very little acquaintance with any literary people,...

...though it is, will also be precious. "As for Burns," writes Sir Walter, "I may truly say llrgilium vidi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786 — 7,...country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Gricrson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings...

...Burns,' writes Sir Walter, ' I may truly say, Vlrgilium 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...

...Burns," he writes, " I may truly s»y,' Virgilium eirfi '-,',n:,,,: I was a lad of fifteen in 178&-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...little acquaintance with any literary people, and still leiw ••••,l. the gentry of the west country,—the two sets that he most , I am inadvertently...