...very sagacious country farmer of the old Scotch school — the dtuce gu.deman. who held his own plow. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark oast, whioh glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeli. ti or interest I never saw auch...

...poet, had I not known what he was, for a very sagacious country farmer of the old Scotch school — te none of your modern agriculturists, who keep labourers...douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong1 expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated...

...rewarded me with a look and word which, though of mere civility, I received with great pleasure. . . . There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character arid temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke...

...your modern agriculturists who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce l gudeman who held 30 his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense...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 35 another eye in...

...simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talent. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...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...

...talents. ... I think his countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. . . . There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with...

...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...for their drudgery, but the douce ' gudeman who held 30 his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the...

...your modern agriculturists who keep labourers for their drudgery, but the douce l gudeman who held 30 his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense...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 35 another eye in...

...sagacious country farmer of the old Scotch 5 school, ie, none of your modern agriculturists who kept labourers for their drudgery, but the douce gudeman...alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and 10 temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke...

...human nature would be harmful to him. Burns was a man of quick, passionate sympathies. Scott says : " There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness...temperament. It was large and of a dark cast which glowed — I say literally glowed — when he spoke with feeling or interest." But we do not need this testimony...