I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power, unplagued with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks... The picture of Scotland - Стр. viiiавторы: Robert Chambers - 1827Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1900 - Страниц: 490
...with the routine of business, for which Heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia; to sit on the fields of her battles; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins once the honored abodes of her heroes."... | |
| Charles Shirra Dougall - 1904 - Страниц: 440
...! " — CARLYLE. PREFACE " I HAVE no dearer aim," said Burns, " than to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse on the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes."... | |
| William Diack - 1904 - Страниц: 130
...dearest wish of his heart was to acquire sufficient means to enable him " to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia, to sit on the fields of her battles, to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abode of her heroes."... | |
| Andrew Lang - 1907 - Страниц: 584
...Scottish story are the themes I could wish to sing." He longed to be able " to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honored abodes of her heroes."... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1910 - Страниц: 706
...with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.... | |
| Alfred H. Hyatt - 1913 - Страниц: 492
...POETS IN EDINBURGH I have no dearer aim than to have it in my power ... to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the hdrioured abodes df her heroes'.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1914 - Страниц: 724
...routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages !irough Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the amantic banks of her rivers ; and to muse by the stately towers or enerable ruins, once the honoured... | |
| Keith Clark - 1916 - Страниц: 504
...lifetime, and that active, to overtake him. "I have no dearer aim than to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia; to sit on the fields of her battles, to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers, and to muse on the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honoured abodes of her heroes.... | |
| Gertrude Richardson Brigham - 1925 - Страниц: 560
...was now their destination. "I have no dearer aim," wrote Burns, "than to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of her battles ; to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers; and to muse on 23 the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the honored abodes of her heroes."... | |
| 1904 - Страниц: 162
...with the routine of business, for which heaven knows I am unfit enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages through Caledonia ; to sit on the fields of Her battles, to wander on the romantic banks of her rivers, and to muse by the stately towers or venerable ruins, once the time-honoured abode of her heroes."... | |
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