 | 1872 - 798 Seiten
...mnch more than a year after, and in which a certain levity of tone scarcely veils the recent wounds, " that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my cars." "It is just the last foolish action I intend to do," he writes in June 1786, to a friend with... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 786 Seiten
...story of the publication can never be told so well as in his own words : — " I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power : I thought they...inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits ! I can only say that, pauvre inconnu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and of my... | |
 | John Ross - 1878 - 816 Seiten
...story of the publication can never be told so well as in his own words :—" I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power : I thought they...clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears—a poor negrodriver, or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of... | |
 | Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 Seiten
...before leaving my native country for ever, I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power ; I thought they...and gone to the world of spirits ! I can truly say that pauvre inconnu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself and of my works as... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 Seiten
...resolved to publish his best poems, which had already acquired a local fame : 'I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power : I thought they...inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits.' The imagery and the sentiments were so natural and impressive, so familiar and striking, whether of... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 Seiten
...impartially as was in my power: I thought (hey had merit; and it was a delicious idea that I should he called a clever fellow, even though it should never...inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits.' The imagery and the sentiments were so natural and impressive, so familiar and striking, whether of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1882 - 374 Seiten
...should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears — a poor negro driver, or perhaps a victim to that Inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits II can truly say, that fiiitvrr inconttu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of myself... | |
 | 1883 - 778 Seiten
...before leaving my native country for ever, I resolved to publish my poems. 1 weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power ; I thought they...and gone to the world of spirits ! I can truly say, that pauvre inconnu as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an idea of my works as I have at this... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...About 1785 Burns says, " I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as it was in my power. I thought they had merit, and it...fellow, even though it should never reach my ears." Scott has left an interesting account of Burns' appearance at tliis time. He says : " His person was... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 364 Seiten
...merits known, he made up his mind to publish his poems. "I thought they had merit," he wrote, "and :t was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever...even though it should never reach my ears —a poor negro driver—or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the land of spirits." "A... | |
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I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power ; I thought they had merit ; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears... 
