On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance — but still remained where he was, striding up and down slowly, and contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a... Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland - Page 552by Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1856 - 659 pagesFull view - About this book
| Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...observe that frost had set in, and to return to the fireside. On being again and again request* ed to do so, he always promised compliance—but still...eyes fixed on a beautiful planet " that shone like • I owe these particulars to Mr M'Biarmid, the able editor of the Dumfries Courier, and brother of... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...to the fireside. On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance — but still remained where he was, striding up and down...eyes fixed on a beautiful planet " that shone like * I owe these particulars to Mr M'Diarmid, the able editor of the Dumfries Courier, and brother of... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...to the fireside. On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance — but still remained where he was, striding up and down...another moon ; " and prevailed on him to come in. He immediately, on entering the house, called for his desk, and wrote, exactly as they now stand, with... | |
| 1833 - 328 pages
...to the fireside. On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance — but still remained where he was, striding up and down...like another moon ;" and prevailed on him to come in. He immediately on entering the house, called for his desk, and wrote exactly as they now stand, with... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1835 - 336 pages
...return to the fireside. On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance, but still remained where he was, striding up and down...Mrs Burns found him stretched on a mass of straw, w'th his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet, ' that shone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 pages
...return to his fire-side. On being again and again requested to do so, he always promised compliance, but still remained where he was, striding up and down...starry. At last, Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a heap of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet, ' that shone like another moon, ' and prevailed... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 pages
...contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last, Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a heap of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet,...another moon,' and prevailed on him to come in."* He complied ; and immediately on entering the house wrote down, as they now stand, the stanzas " To... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 382 pages
...contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last, Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a heap of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet,...shone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to cpme in."* He complied ; and immediately on entering the house wrote down, as they now stand, the stanzas... | |
| Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...;mcl again requested to do so, he always promised compliance — but still remained where he ivas, striding up and down slowly, and contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and itarry. At last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a mass of straw, with hii eye» fixed on a beautiful... | |
| John Wilson, Robert Chambers - 1840 - 364 pages
...return to the fireside. On being again and again requested to do eo, he always promised compliance, but still remained where he was, striding up and down...with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet, ' that ehone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to come in. He immediately, on entering the house, called... | |
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