 This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places : and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such...  Life of Robert Burns - Page 24by John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...cantraips, giants, inchanted towers, <f dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated " the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong " an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, ef in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a " sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though "... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 820 pages
...tower«, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent leeds of poetry ; but had lo ft ron g an effect on my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I lometimes keep a fharp look-out in ¡ufpicious places ; and though nobody can be more fceptical than... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...poetry ; but had so strong an effect on ray imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, 1 sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places;...yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake oil' these idle terrors." (See Dr. Currie's Edition of Burn's Works. Vol. I. P. 37.) liere, likewise,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...cantraips, giants, inchantcd towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination,...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than 1 am in such matters,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry; but had so strong an effect on my imagination,...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places : and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters^... | |
 | British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...apparitions, cantraps, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry; but had so strong an effect on my imagination,...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places : and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters,... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1820 - 484 pages
...apparitions, cantraips, giants, inchauted towers, dragons and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination,...in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I HIII in such matters,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination,...suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more skeptical than I am in such mattcrs,yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect on my imagination, that to thishour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep » sharp look-out in suspicious places : and •Idiot... | |
 | Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry ; but had so strong an effect upon my imagination, that to this hour, in my nocturnal rambles, I sometimes keep a sharp look-out in tuspiciout placet; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet it often... | |
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