 I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to...  A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen - Page 227by George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853Full view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 340 pages
...pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my chest was on the way to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition." To the above rapid narrative of the poet, we may annex a few details, gathered from his various biographers... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...had composed the Tast" song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy night w gathering fntt, when a letter from Dr. Blacklock, to a friend of mine,...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition. The Doctor belonged to a set of critics, for whose applause I had not dared to hope. His opinion that... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 pages
...the wind. "I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition. The doctor belonged to a set of critics, for whose applause I had not dared to hope. His opinion, that... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 368 pages
...had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — « The gloomy night is gath'ring fast ;' when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition." Professor Walker adds some interesting touches to the Poet's account. — " I requested him to communicate... | |
 | 1834 - 602 pages
...ever measure in Caledonia — The Gloomy Night is Gathering Fast ; when a letter from Dr. Black lock to a friend of mine, overthrew all my schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition." This was a recommendation to him to proceed to Edinburgh, to superintend the publication of a second... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1835 - 592 pages
...on the road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should етег measure in Scotland — ' The Gloomy night is gathering fast ' — when a letter...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition. The Doctor belonged to a set of critics for whose applause I had not dared to hope. His opinion that... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...the lender, than from any ardour of curiosity or expectation. ' An unlettered ploughman, a poet !' said I, with contemptuous incredulity. It was on a...into the society of the metropolis : yet who is there acquainted with Burns's melancholy history who does not regret the luckless hour in which he first... | |
 | 1836 - 600 pages
...marriage to take place, and the children to be legitimatized. He proceeds : ' I had taken farewell of ray few friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition. The Doctor belonged to a set of critics, for whose applause I had not dared to hope. His opinion that... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...was or. the road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Scotland — ' The gloomy night is gathering fast' — when a letter...schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition. The doctor belonged to a set of critics for whose applause I had not dared to hope. His opinion that... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...disoblige the lender, than from any ardour of curiosity or expectation. 'An unlettered ploughman, a poet!' said I, with contemptuous incredulity. It was on a...into the society of the metropolis: yet who is there acquainted with Burns's melancholy history who does not regret the luckless hour in which he first... | |
| |
