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" Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print of Bunbury's, representing a soldier lying dead on the snow, his dog sitting in misery on one side, — on the other, his widow, with a child in her arms. These lines were written beneath, —... "
Essay on Burns - Page 53
by Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 84 pages
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...we youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print of Bnnbury's, representing a soldier lying dead on the snow, his dog sitting in misery on one side,—on...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...we youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by...on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling...
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The Monthly Review

1828 - 622 pages
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The Athenaeum, Volume 2

1828 - 268 pages
...course, we youngsters sat silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by...were written beneath : ' Cold on Canadian hills, or Miuden'a plain. Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved...
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc, Volume 12

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...course we youngsters sat silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by...child in her arms. These lines were written beneath : — ' Gold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain. Perliaps that parent wept her soldier slai:i—...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remakable in Burns' s manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print...on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling...
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Time's Telescope

1830 - 472 pages
...we youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by...dead on the snow, his dog sitting in misery on one side,—on the other, his widow, with a child in her arms. These lines were written beneath,— ' Cold...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns' manner, was the effect produced upon him by a print...written beneath, — '• Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden'a plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life

Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...course we youngsters sat silent, looked, and listened. The only thing I remember which was remarkable in Burns's manner, was the effect produced upon him by...on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling...
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The Richmond County Mirror, Volume 1

1837 - 250 pages
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