 | Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 762 pages
...year ; a liule betbre which peri )d I fiift committed the fin of rhyme. You know our country cufioms of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of liarvefl. In my fixteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myfelf.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...t* hermit, with the unceasing moil of a galley" slave, brought me to my sixteenth year ; a lit" tie before which period I first committed the sin " of...partners " in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth au" tumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, " a year younger than myself. My scarcity of " English... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 612 pages
...year; a liitle before which period I firft committed the fin of rhyme. You know our country cuftom of coupling a 'man and woman together as partners in the labours of harveft. In my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myfelf.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1801 - 506 pages
...km»v our country cuftom of coupling л nun and woman together as partners in tlie labours of Iiarveil. In my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than inyfelf. My (carcity of Engliih di-nicb me the power ot doing hi r juílice in that language, but you... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 860 pages
...year ; a little before which period I ñrft committed the fin of Rhyme. You know our country cudom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvefl. Jn my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myfelf.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1801 - 818 pages
...year ; a little 'before which period I firft committed the fin of rhyme. You kr.ow our country cufioms of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harveft. In my fixteenth autumn, my partner wa^ a bewitching creature, a year younger than mvfclf.... | |
 | David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...says Burns, " the cheerless gloom of a hermit, with the unceasing moil of a galley-slave, brought me to my .sixteenth year ; a little before which period I first committed the sin of rhyme." Love, he informs us, was the original source of his poetry : " I never had the least thought or inclination... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...year; a little before which period I firft committed the fin of thyme. You know our country cuilom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harveft. In my 15th autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myfelf. My fcarcity... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...Dr. Moore,) the cheerless gloom of the hermit, with the unceasing moil of a galley-slave, brought me to my sixteenth year; a little before which period I first committed the sin of Rhyme. You know out country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners iu the labours of harvest. In my... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 848 pages
...— the cheerless gloom of a hermit, with the unceasing moil of a galley-slave, brought me to my loth year ; a little before which period I first committed the sin of ryhme. You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours... | |
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You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labors of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myself. My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice... 
