 In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Side ivav Robert Burns - 1870 - 158 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Dawson Ross - 1893 - 274 sider
...PEASANT BARD, 254 :B ; I THE BURNS SCRAP BOOK, know the Scottish idiom. She was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself,...book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys here below ! How she caught the contagion I cannot tell. Indeed, I did not know myself why I liked... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1893 - 354 sider
...doing her justice in that language ; but you know the Scottish idiom — she was a bonie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself,...in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disapAs bonie lasses I hae seen, And mony full as braw ; ' But, for a modest gracefu' mien, The like... | |
 | Robert Brown (F.S.A., Scot.) - 1893 - 408 sider
...her justice in that language ; but you know the Scottish idiom — she was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself,...in that delicious passion, which in spite of acid disappointments, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys,... | |
 | James Craig Higgins - 1893 - 252 sider
...doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scotch idiom—she was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she altogether, unwittingly to herself,...initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and bookworm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1894 - 688 sider
...was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me into that delicious passion which, in spite of acid disappointment,...bookworm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys here below." The first offspring of his muse was entitled " Handsome Nell," which, though he afterwards... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 620 sider
...doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scottish idiom. She was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself,...spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book- worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys here below ! How she caught the contagion... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 462 sider
...sweet, sonsie lass. — In short, she altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in a certain delicious Passion, which in spite of acid Disappointment,...I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest t pleasure here below. — How she caught the contagion I can't say ; you medical folks talk much of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 520 sider
...sweet, sonsie lass." In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me into a certain delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment,...gin-horse prudence, and bookworm philosophy, I hold to bo the first of human joys, our chiefest pleasure here below. How she caught the contagion I can't... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1897 - 282 sider
...He had for companion in his harvest toil a sweet and lovable girl, a year younger than himself : " In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself,...spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book- worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below." : He... | |
 | 1899 - 666 sider
...doing her justice in that language, but you know the Scottish idiom. She was a bonnie, sweet, sonsie lass. In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself,...book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys here below I How she caught the contagion I cannot telL .... Indeed I did not know myself why I liked... | |
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