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" Wallace, and the Gentle Shepherd ; and, though immoderately fond of them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who... "
The Mountain Bard: Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and ... - Page xvi
by James Hogg - 1807 - 202 pages
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ...

Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...amusement ever since. While serving as a shepherd to Mr. Laidlaw's father, in the 18th year of his age, he first got a perusal of the life and adventures Of Sir William Wallace, and the Gentle Shepherd. Though he has since written so much verse, he at that time was sorry they were not in prose, that every...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 132

England - 1882 - 870 pages
...arrived at manhood, and something more. So much so, that, as he relates, " it was in the eighteenth year of my age that I first got a perusal of the ' Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace,' and of the ' Gentle Shepherd ; ' and though immoderately fond of them, yet (what you will think remarkable...
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The Investigator, Volumes 3-4

1821 - 970 pages
...treasures, and hitherto unexplored path of literature, was in his eighteenth year, when he obtained a perusal of the Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace, and the Gentle Shepherd; but, certainly, that.glimpse of the promised land was fearfully uninviting. We will quote his account...
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The Investigator (or, Quarterly magazine) [ed. by W.B. Collyer, T ..., Volume 4

William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 502 pages
...treasures, and hitherto unexplored path of literature, was in his eighteenth year, when he obtained a perusal of the Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace, and the Gentle Shepherd ; but, certainly, that glimpse of the promised land was fearfully unin1 i ] 12 Review. viting. We will...
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A New Biographical Dictionary, of 3000 Cotemporary Public ..., Volume 2

Biography - 1825 - 348 pages
...must transcrihe it. " It was while serving here (with Mr. Laidlaw,) in the eighteenth year of my H:;C, that I first got a perusal of ' The Life and Adventures...them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who has since 'dabbled so much in verses,) I could not help regretting deeply that they were not in prose,...
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The Philomathic journal, Volume 3

Philomathic institution - 1825 - 504 pages
...remained with Mr. L-aidlaw, of Willenslee, the father of his preceding master, for two years, when " The Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace," and « The Gentle Shepherd" fell in his way, arid he read them with considerable pleasure, but regretted that they were not in...
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Philomathic Journal and Literary Review, Volume 3

1825 - 486 pages
...remained with Mr. Laidluw, of Willenslce, the father of his prteceding master, for two years, when " The Life and Adventures of Sir William Wallace," and " The Gentle Shepherd" fell in his way, and he read them with considerable pleasure, but regretted that they were not in prose,...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...thus describes his beginning to read poetry : — "It was while serving here ( will i Mr. Laidlaw), in the 18th year of my age, that I first got a perusal...them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who lias since dabbled so much in verses) I could not help regretting deeply that they were not in prose,...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...thus describee his beginning to read poetiy : — " It was w'hile serving here (with Mr. Laidlaw), in the 18th year of my age, that I first got a perusal...them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who has since dabbled so much in verses) I could not help regretting deeply that they were not in prose,...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 6

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 620 pages
...— a It was white serving here (with Mr. ¿aidlaw), in the 18th year of my age, that I first got n perusal of the Life and Adventures of Sir William...them, yet (what you will think remarkable in one who has since dabbled so much in verses) I could not help regretting deeply that they were not in prose,...
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