 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...there I met my angel " Like Proserpine gathering flowers, " Herself a fairer flower— " It i " It was in vain to think of doing any more " good at school....her ; and " the two last nights of my stay in the coun" try, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of " this modest and innocent girl had kept me ff... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...good at sehool. The remaining week I staid I did nothing hut eraze the faeulties of my soul ahout ker, or steal out to meet her; and the two last nights of my stay in the eountry, had sleep heen a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innoeent girl had kept me guiltless.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...altitude, there I met my angel " Like Proserpine gathering flowers, " Herself a fairer flower." — It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I staid 1 did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her ; and the two... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...altitude, there I met my angel, '' Like Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower " It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I stayed, I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her ; and... | |
 | British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...there I met my angel, *' Like Proserpine, gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower " It was in-vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I stayed, I did nothing bnt craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her ; and... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1820 - 484 pages
...altitude, there I met my angel " Like Proserpine gathering flowers, " Herself a fairer flower — " " It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school....soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and... | |
 | Society of ancient Scots - 1821 - 226 pages
...the school, overset his trigonometry, and set him off at a tangent from the sphere of his studies. It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. One week more which he staid, he did nothing but rave about her, or steal out to meet her ; and, during... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - Poets, Scottish - 1821 - 414 pages
...the school, overset his trigonometry, and set him off at a tangent from the sphere of his studies. It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. One week more which he staid, he did nothing but rave about her, or steal out to meet her ; and, daring... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots, London - Authors, Scottish - 1822 - 458 pages
...the school, overset his trigonometry, and set him off at a tangent from the sphere of his studies. It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. One week more which he staid, he did nothing but rave about her, or steal out to meet her ; and, during... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...altitude, there ] met my angel, " Like Proserpine g-athering. flowers, " Herself a fairer flower — " " It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school....craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out t» meet her ; and the two last nights of my stay in the -country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the... | |
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I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless. 
