 I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, -witches, warlocks,...  The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ... - Page 4by Robert Burns - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...I made an excellent English " scholar ; and by the time I was ten or eleven " years of age, I was a critic in substantives, " verbs, and particles. In...woman who " resided in the family, remarkable for her igno" ranee, credulity, and superstition. She had, " I suppose, the largest collection in the country... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar; and by the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs and particles. In my...country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf" candles, .— ». * Idiot for idiotic.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar; and by the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs and particles. In my...resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, ere-- dulity and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...an account of his life, there is a very curious passage to this e Sect : " In my infant and lioj ish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided...country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...child. Though it cost the school master some thrashings, 1 made an excellent English Scholar. In my boyish days, too, I owed much to an old woman who resided hi the family, remarkabte for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...excellent English scholar ; and by the time 1 M 2 was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic iu substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and...country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In ray infant and boyish days, too, I owed much to an old...country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkics, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar; and by the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, 1 owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and... | |
 | British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...thrashings, I made an excellent English scholar ; and by the time I was ten or eleven years of age, I was a critic in substantives, verbs, and particles. In my infant and boyish days, too, 1 owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and... | |
 | Biography - 1819 - 196 pages
...he shewed any attachment to poetry, notwithstanding his acquaintance with an antient beldam, who had the largest collection in the country of tales and songs, concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, witches, &c. In his seventeenth year, he went to a country dancing-school, though much in... | |
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