 Scotch school, /'. e. none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated...  The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life - Page xxviiiby Robert Burns - 1849 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | T P Grinsted - Great Britain - 1859 - 342 pages
...enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to have known him. * * * There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...character and temperament. It was large, and of a cast which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling and interest. I never saw such... | |
 | Robert Henry Martley, Richard Denny Urlin - English literature - 1863 - 304 pages
...fagacious country farmer of the old Scotch fchool. There was a ftrong expreffion of fenfe and fhrewdnefs in all his lineaments. The eye alone, I think, indicated...character and temperament. It was large and of a dark caft, which glowed (I fay literally glowed) when he fpoke with feeling or intereft. I never faw fuch... | |
 | 1863 - 276 pages
...fagacious country farmer of the old Scotch fchool. There was a ftrong expreffion of fenfe and flirewdnefs in all his lineaments. The eye alone, I think, indicated...character and temperament. It was large and of a dark caft, which glowed (I fay literally glowed) when he fpoke with feeling or intereft. I never faw fuch... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...poet, had I not known what he was, for a very sagacious country farmer of the old Scotch school, ie none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers...temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed, I say literally glowed, when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human... | |
 | T. P. Grinsted - Great Britain - 1867 - 340 pages
...have given the world to have known him. * * * There was a strong expression of sense BOBERT BURXS. 263 and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone,...character and temperament. It was large, and of a cast which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling and interest. I never saw such... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 434 pages
...perspective. I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. I should have taken the poet, had I not known what he was,...temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - Authors, Scottish - 1871 - 520 pages
...country farmer of the old Scotch school ; ie, none of your modern agriculturists, who keep laborers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman who held...and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say, literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart, Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1873 - 428 pages
...simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another... | |
 | Alexander Hislop (publisher) - 1874 - 786 pages
...none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gttde man who held his own plough. There was a strong expression...and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say, literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1873 - 582 pages
...agriculturists who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douct gtitlrman who held his own "lough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally gloieeil') when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in... | |
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