...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...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." Shakspeare has been the universal favorite of the sons of genius; but the enthusiasm of one humble...

...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...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest," The unfortunate Theobald Wolf Tone, speaking of his practice, in early life, of attending the military...

...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...the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns enjoyed other schooling than that we have mentioned, and which doubtless exerted a powerful influence...

...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...the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." Burns enjoyed other schooling than that we have mentioned, and which doubtless exerted a powerful influence...

...and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a »oldier ; 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...

...bagpipe, and wished myself tall enough to be a soldier; while the story of Wallace poured a tide of Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil...till the floodgates of life shut in eternal rest." And speaking of the same period and books to Mrs. Dunlop, he says, " For several of my earlier years...

...down utter the recruiting drum and hag-pipe, and wish myself tall enough to he a soldier • while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will hoil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. " Polemical divinity ahout this...

...romantic banks of her rivers ; arid to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes." He describes himself as " saying...sweet pastorals and tender and melancholy love songs. Scott inherited \indisputed dominion in the romantic and the historical ballad. But each brought something...

...describes himself as " saying a fervent prayer for old Caledonia over the hole in a blue whinatone where Robert de Bruce fixed his royal standard on...sweet pastorals and tender and melancholy love songs. Scott inherited undisputed dominion in the romantic and the historical ballad. Hut each brought something...

...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...till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest." Shakspeare has been the universal favorite of the sons of genius ; but the enthusiasm of one humble...