 I was not so presumptuous as to imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small country laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom...  Robert Burns - Page 16by Thomas Finlayson Henderson - 1904 - 202 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sang a song which was said to be composed by a small country...why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more scholar-craft... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sang a song which was said to be composed by a small country...reason why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, exceptmg VOL. i. l that he could smear sheep and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small...and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as be : for, excepting that he could shear sheep, and cast peats — his father liring in the moorlands... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1865 - 86 pages
...sang a song, which she informed her admirer was composed by a country laird's son, and, says Burns, " I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he, and thus with me began Love and Poetry." This is seeming excursion, but is introduced as a parallel... | |
 | Belgravia - 1870 - 558 pages
...imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small...saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as he.' The name of this ' sonsie' lass was ' Handsome Nell.' A year or two older he graduated as a sort of... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song which was said to be composed by a small...why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could smear sheep, and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more scholar-craft... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 pages
...who had Greek and Latin; bnt my girl snng a song, whieh was said to be eomposed bv a small eonntrv laird's son, on one of his father's maids, with whom...was in love ! and I saw no reason why I might not rhvme ns well as he ; for, exeepting that he eonld" swear shee'p, and east peata, his father living... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung u song, which was said to be composed by a small country...one of his father's maids, with whom he was in love I and I saw no reason why I might not rhyme as well as ho : for, excepting that he could smear sheep,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1870 - 312 pages
...imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small...why I might not rhyme as well as he ; for, excepting that he could swear sheep, and cast peals, his father living in the moor-lands, he liad no more scholar-craft... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1870 - 642 pages
...imagine that I could make verses like printed ones, composed by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my girl sung a song, which was said to be composed by a small...why I might not rhyme as well as he : for, excepting that he could smear sheep, and cast peats, his father living in the moorlands, he had no more school-craft... | |
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