...Burns,' writes Sir Walter, ' I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner; but...

...Burns," writes Sir Walter, " I may truly say, Virgilium nidi tantdm. 1 was a lad of fifteen in 178G-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner ; but...

...first sight : "As for Burns, I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum. I was a lad of. fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner; but...

...CUNNINGHAM, ALLAN, 1824, Robert Burns and Lord Byron, London Magazine. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, w him ; but I had very little acquaintance with any...that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but...

...Burns,' writes Sir Walter, ' I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum.0 I was a lad of fifteen in 5 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...people, and still less with the gentry of the west 10 country ; the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of...

...Burns," writes Sir Walter, "I may truly say, Virgilium Mi tantilm. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...little acquaintance with any literary people, and still 10 less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson...

...Virgilium vidi tantum, I was a lad of fifteen when he came to Edinburgh, but had sense enough to be interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him. ... I remember him shedding tears over a print representing a soldier lying dead in the snow, his dog...

...Burns,' writes Sir Walter, 'I may truly say, Virgilium vidi tantum.0 I was a lad of fifteen in 5 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...people, and still less with the gentry of the west 10 country ; the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of...

...Burns," writes Sir Walter, "I may truly say, Virgilium nidi tantilm. I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and...interested in his poetry, and would have given the world 30 to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the...

...gathering of ' several gentlemen of literary reputation,' and Scott, a boy of fifteen, was present. Scott ' had sense and feeling enough to be much interested...and would have given the world to know him,' but, with the better manners of that period, ' of course we youngsters sat silent and listened.' Burns was...