...Understanding." In his fifteenth year his genius was awakened under the sweet spell of love. "You know," he says, "our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labors of harvest. In my fifteenth summer my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than...

...harvest. In my fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, who just counted an autumn less. My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scotch idiom — she was a " bonie, sweet, sonsie lass." In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself,...

...brought me to my sixteenth year ; a little before which period I first committed the sin of RHYME. — 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 who just counted...

...already counting himself among men. 'You know our country custom of coupling a man and a woman together in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn my partner was a bewitching creature who just counted an autumn less. In short, she, unwittingly to herself, initiated me into a certain...

...already counting himself among men. 'You know our country custom of coupling a man and a woman together in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn my partner was a bewitching creature who just counted an autumn less. In short, she, unwittingly to herself, initiated me into a certain...

...his tread here as in dialect. In the autobiography, speaking of one of his early loves, he says, " My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in that language." BURKS' ENGLISH. 1. Tho. / cost the schoolmaster some thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar....

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...galley-slave—brought me to my sixteenth year; a little before which period I first committed the sin of rhyme. You know our country custom of coupling a man and...fifteenth autumn, my partner was a bewitching creature, who just counted an autumn less. My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in...

...springs of new emotions. This incident must be given in his own words : — " You know," he says, " our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of the harvest. In my fifteenth summer my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myself....

...Understanding." In his fifteenth year his genius was awakened under the sweet spell of love. "You know," he says, "our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labors of harvest. In my fifteenth summer my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than...