 To him the venerable Priest, Our frequent and familiar guest, Whose life and manners well could paint Alike the student and the saint ; Alas...  Tales of a Traveller - Seite 9von Washington Irving - 1887 - 270 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke ; For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task ? Nay, Erskine, nay — on... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task : Nay, Erskinc, nay — on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 Seiten
...I hroke With gamhol rude and timeless joke ; For I was wayward, hold, and wild, A self-willed imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, heloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conned task ? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was way-ward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task ? Nay, Erskine, nay — on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 530 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-connM task ? Nay, Erskine, nay — On... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823 - 314 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task ? Nay, Erskine, nay — On... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest." I cannot express all the pleasure I derive from the perusal of this passage, when I date my letter... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child ; But half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, caress'd. For me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task ? Nay, Erskine,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...I broke With gambol rude and timeless joke : For I was wayward, bold, and wild, A self-will'd imp, a grandame's child; But, half a plague, and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. From me, thus nurtured, dost thou ask The classic poet's well-conn'd task! Nay, Erskine, nay— on... | |
 | Mary Brunton - 1832 - 500 Seiten
...Edinburgh, November, 18H. DISCIPLINE. CHAPTER I. — — I was wayward, bold, and wild : A self-willed imp ; a grandame's child ; But, half a plague and half a jest, Was still endured, beloved, carest. WALTER Scorr. I HAVE heard it remarked, that he who writes his own history ought to possess Irish humour,... | |
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