 ... enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him; but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr Thomas...  Essay on Burns - Trang 109bởi Thomas Carlyle - 1903 - 160 trangXem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1871 - 520 trang
...country, — the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable Prof. Fergusson's, where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 trang
...,west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Fergusson's, where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1875 - 630 trang
...people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. ... As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable Professor Henderson's, where there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 trang
...country — the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated Mr. Dugald Stewart. Of course, we youngsters sat silent, — looked, and listened.... | |
 | P. F. Aiken - 1876 - 454 trang
...two sets that he most " frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a •" clerk of my father. He knew Burns, and promised to " ask him to his lodgings...saw him •" one day at the late venerable Professor Fergusson's. " There were several gentlemen of literary reputation " among whom I remember the celebrated... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 trang
...the two sets that he most " frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a " clerk of my father. He knew Burns, and promised to "ask him to his lodgings...saw him " one day at the late venerable Professor Fergusson's. " There were several gentlemen of literary reputation "' among whom I remember the celebrated... | |
 | 1880 - 812 trang
...west conntry, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...one day at the late venerable Professor Ferguson's, whi.re there were several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom 1 remember the celebrated Mr.... | |
 | 1880 - 814 trang
...west conntry, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...but had no opportunity to keep his word ; otherwise 1 might have seen more of this distinguished man. As it was, I saw him one day at the late venerable... | |
 | 1880 - 832 trang
...west conntry, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings i to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ; otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 380 trang
...west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to...several gentlemen of literary reputation, among whom I remember the celebrated Mr. Dugald Stewart. Of course we youngsters sate silent, looked, and listened.... | |
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