 | Robert Burns - 1874 - Liczba stron: 72
...Amanuensis. \ Note in Burns's autograph — " The Performance is but mediocre, but my grief was sincere. The last time I saw the worthy, public spirited man...in his power to serve me ; and if so, that I would oblidge him by telling him how. I had nothing to ask of him ; but if ever a child of his should be... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - Liczba stron: 290
...mediocre, but my grief was sincere. The last time I saw the worthy, public-spirited man — a man he was 1 how few of the two-legged breed that pass for such,...if so, that I would oblige him by telling him how. 1 had nothing to ask of him ; but if ever a child of his should be so unfortunate as to be under the... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1886 - Liczba stron: 474
...grief was sincere. ' The last time,' says Burns, ' I saw the worthy, public-spirited man, he pressed mv hand and asked me with the most friendly warmth if it was in his power to serve me.' In a letter to Robert Aiken of Ayr, enclosing the poem, Burns also wrote, ' That I have lost a friend... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - Liczba stron: 462
...Performance is but mediocre, but my grief was sincere. The last time I saw the worthy, public-spirited man — A MAN he was ! How few of the two-legged breed...unfortunate as to be under the necessity of asking any thing of so poor a man as! am, it may not be in my power to grant it, but, by G— , I shall try... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1919 - Liczba stron: 208
...Performance is but medioere, but my grief was sincere. The last time I saw the worthy, public-spirited man — a Man he was! how few of the two-legged breed...to ask of him ; but if ever a child of his should he so unfortunate as to he under the necessity of asking anything of so poor a man as I am, it may... | |
 | Dugald Butler - 1906 - Liczba stron: 448
...Burns wrote an elegy on his death, and states, " the last time I saw the worthy, publicspirited man, he pressed my hand, and asked me with the most friendly warmth if it was in his power to serve me." In a letter to Robert Aiken of Ayr, enclosing the poem, Burns wrote "that I have lost a friend is but... | |
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The Performance is but mediocre, but my grief was sincere. The last time I saw the worthy, public-spirited man — A MAN he was ! How few of the two-legged breed that pass for such, deserve the designation ! — he pressed my hand, and asked me with the... 