I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which, heaven knows ! I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks... Littell's Living Age - Página 531847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Gibson (draper.) - 1881 - 360 páginas
...to make, leisurely, Pilgrimages through Caledonia, to sit on the Fields of her Battles ; to wander on the Romantic Banks of her Rivers ; and to muse...by the stately Towers, or venerable Ruins, once the honoured abodes of her Heroes. — BURNS. Deptford: Printed for the AUTHOR by W. BROWN. 1822. Woodcut... | |
| James Gibson - 1881 - 360 páginas
...to make, leisurely, Pilgrimages through Caledonia, to sit on the Fields of her Battles ; to wander on the Romantic Banks of her Rivers; and to muse by the stately Towers, or venerable Ruins, once the honoured abodes of her Heroes.—BURNS. Deptford: Printed for the AUTHOR by W. BROWN. 1822. Woodcut... | |
| Robert Burns - 1881 - 700 páginas
...leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles, to wander on the romantie banks of her rivers, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, onee the henoured abodes of her heroes. But these are all Utopian theughts. I have dallied long enough... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 412 páginas
...enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia; to sit on the fields of her battles; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, over the honoured abodes of her heroes. " But these are all Utopian thoughts. I have dallied long enough... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 538 páginas
...enongh, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, over the honoured abodes of her heroes. " But these are all Utopian thoughts. I have dallied long enough... | |
| John Gordon Barbour - 1886 - 264 páginas
...than to make leisurely journeys through Caledonia, to wander by the romantic banks of her streams, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the abodes of her heroes. We have even sung, but rather to deaf ears, concerning these romantic streams... | |
| Robert Burns - 1889 - 328 páginas
...'than to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia, to sit on the fields of her battles, to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins once the honoured abode of her heroes.' He set out on a Border tour in May ; in the end of June he began a tour... | |
| Robert Burns - 1889 - 334 páginas
...'than to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia, to sit on the fields of her battles, to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruhjs once the honoured abode of her heroes.1 He set out on a Border tour in May ; in the end of June... | |
| Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1892 - 322 páginas
...enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia; to sit on the fields of her battles; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers; and to muse by...venerable ruins once the honored abodes of her heroes." But again the idea of his true station in life comes to him; besides, he had "an aged mother to care... | |
| Robert Brown (F.S.A., Scot.) - 1893 - 408 páginas
...ENOUGH, TO MAKE LEISURELY PILGRIMAGE THROUGH CALEDONIA ; TO SIT ON THE FIELDS OF HER BATTLES, TO WANDER ON THE ROMANTIC BANKS OF HER RIVERS, AND TO MUSE BY THE STATELY TOWERS OR VENERABLE RUINS, ONCE THE HONOURABLE ABODE OF HER HEROES." It is lamentable and distressing therefore to think that there was... | |
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