 Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier, while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will...  The North British Review - Page 1391847Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...down after the re" cruiting drum and bag -pipe, and wish myself " tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of " Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice...till the " flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity about this time was put* " ting the country half mad, and I, ambitious of " shining... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1800 - 612 pages
...bag-pipe, and wi(h myfelf tall enough to be a foldier; while the ftory of Wallace poured a Scottifh prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there, till the flood-gates of life ftiut in eternal reft. 4 Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half-mad, and I,... | |
 | 1801 - 860 pages
...bag-pipe, and wifii myfelf tall enough to be a foldier ; «-.hue the ftory of Wallace poured a^ Scottiih prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the floodgates of life finit in eternal reft. " Polemical divinity about this time was putting the countrv half mad ; and... | |
 | 1801 - 762 pages
...bagpipe, and wiih mj'felf tall enough to be a foldier; while (he ftocy of Wallace poured a Scottifli prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there, till the flood-gates of life flult in eternal reft. Polemical divinity about (hr, time was puiting the country halfiriad, and I,... | |
 | John Stark - 1805 - 488 pages
...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into...boil along there, till the flood-gates of life shut m eternal rest." In the year 1766, William Burns, the father of our poet, had obtained from Mr. Ferguson... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...and down after the recruiting drum and bag-pipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad ; and I, ambitious of shining... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, ROBERT BURNS. 39 which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad; and I, ambitious of shining... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...bag-pipe, and wiíh myfelf tall enough to be a foldier ; while the uory of Wallace poured a Scotifh prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there, till the flood-gates of life fhut in eternal reft. " Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad, and I,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 422 pages
...and down after the recruiting drum and bag-pipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. • i • • • .... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...and down after the recruiting drum and bag-pipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. Polemical divinity about this time was putting the country half mad ; and I. ambitious of shining in... | |
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