...which, though of mere civility, I then received and still recollect with very great pleasure. ' His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,...are diminished, as if seen in perspective. I think I'.is countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. I should have taken the poet,...

...which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. ' His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,...features are represented in Mr. Nasmyth's picture, hut to me it conveys the idea, that they are diminished as if seen in perspective. I think his countenance...

...which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic,...extraordinary talents. His features are represented in Mr. Nanmyth's picture ; but to me it conveys the idea that they are diminished, as if fteea. iri perspective....

...which, though of mere civility, I then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure. " His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,...part of its effect, perhaps, from one's knowledge oi'his extraordinary talents. His features aru represented in Mr. Nasmith's picture, but to me it conveys...

...then received, and still recollect, with very great pleasure." "Hid person," continues Sir Walter, "was strong and robust: his manners rustic, not clownish, a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments : the eye, alone, I think,...

...pleasure. " His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic, not clpwnisb ; a sort of dignHied plainness and simplicity, which received part of its...from one's knowledge of his extraordinary talents. HSs features are represented in Mr. Nasmyth's picture, but to me it conveys the idea, that they are...

...: — " His form was strong and robust, his manner rustic, not clownish ; with a sort of dignified simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps,...knowledge of his extraordinary talents ; * * * his eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament ; it was large, and of a dark...

...form was strong and robust, his manner rustic, not clownish ; with a sort of dignified simpb'city, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one's...knowledge of his extraordinary talents ; * * * his eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament ; it was large, and of a dark...

...has likewise sketched Burns from a recollection of forty years. "His person was robust and strong; his manners rustic, not clownish; a sort of dignified...simplicity, which received part of its effect, perhaps, from one^ knowledge of his extraordinary talents. His features are represented in Mr Nasmytli's picture,...

...which, though of mere civility, I then received and still recollect with very great pleasure. "His person was strong and robust ; his manners rustic,...which received part of its effect perhaps from one's knowledgeof his extraordinary talents. His features are represented in Mr. Nasmyth's picture : but...