 | 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...when he tells us in what spirit he wrote, speaking of his boyhood in those familiar lines : * " E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest...for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." There is much said in derision of " cui bono" men. As some... | |
 | 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 374
...in early date, When I was beardless, young, and blate, ***** E'en then, a wish, I mind its pow'r — A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave...breast — That I for poor auld Scotland's sake Some usefu' plan or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least. " The rough bur- thistle, spreading wide Amang... | |
 | 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...when he tells us in what spirit he wrote, speaking of his boyhood in those familiar lines : " E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest boor, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book... | |
 | Peter Livingston - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 172
...flowery $lens. and rocky dens. . HLATIKG TO SCOTTISH MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. By PETER LIVINGSTON, DUNDEE, "A wish — I mind its power; A wish that to my latest...for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could nmke, Or sing a sang at least." .ifourlfi DUNDEE: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, TO BE HAD OF... | |
 | 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...has touched this thought — touched it with the wand of his genius, and bodied as follows : " E'en then a wish, I mind its power — A wish that to my...heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake t Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." It is nothing remarkable then, that... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 232
...country. And this destiny he seems to have felt in early youth. " Ev'n then, a wish (I mind its pow'r), A wish, that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave...breast,— That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or bcuk could make, Or sing a sang at least." Burns consecrated the peasant's cottage as... | |
 | Martyn Paine - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...Leipsic ; of the Montteal .Natural History Society, and other learned Association*. " E'en then a wish tI mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I for poot auld Scotland's «aku Home useful plan, ot book could make, Or aing a sang at least."— Bums.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 906
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivcrs and haivera Wearing the day awn — E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest...my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Borne useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang, at least : The rough bur-thistle spreading wide... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...vindicate the claims of his country and of the old national language to consideration and respect. " Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that...sake. Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least." Accordingly we find that although edition after edition of one or other of Ramsay's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...shearing, and clearing, The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, and haivers, talk Wearing the day awa. E'en then, a wish, I mind its power — A wish that to...breast — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough burr-thissle, spreading wide Amang... | |
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And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave... 
