 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...is said by Uenrv the Minstrel, to have retreated to Ettrick Forest, after being defeated by Wallace. And all our wants are well supplied, From every rich man's store; Who thank/ess sins the gifts he gets, $c.— P. 187. v. 3. To sin our gifts, or mercies, means, ungratefully... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...said, by Henry the Minstrel, to have retreated to Ettrick Forest, after being defeated by Wallace. And all our wants are well supplied, From every rich man's store, 206 illustrated by the following tale of a Buttery Spirit, extracted from Thomas Heywood : — An ancient... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pages
...said, by Henry the Minstrel, to have retreated to Ettrick Forest, after being defeated by Wallace. And all our wants are well supplied, From every rich...man's store, Who thankless sins the gifts he gets, S;c. — P. 198. v. 3. To sin our gifts or mercies, means, ungratefully to hold them in slight esteem.... | |
 | 1829 - 432 pages
...we can convert, To either large or small ; An old nutshell's the same to us, As is the lofty hall. We sleep in rose-buds, soft and sweet, We revel in...stream ; We wanton lightly on the wind. Or glide on the sun-beam. And all our wants are well supplied, From every rich man's store, Who thankless sins... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 398 pages
...we can convert To either large or small ; An old nut-shell's the same to us As is the lofty hall. " We sleep in rose-buds soft and sweet, We revel in...thankless sins the gifts he gets, And vainly grasps for more.1 1 To sin our gifts or mercies, means, ungratefully to hold them in slight esteem. The idea,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...we can convert To either large or small ; An old nut-shell's the same to us As is the lofty hall. " We sleep in rose-buds soft and sweet, We revel in...thankless sins the gifts he gets, And vainly grasps for more.1 " Then would I never tire, Janet, In EIGsh land to dwell ; But aye, at every seven years, They... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...can convert • To either large or small ; An old nut-shell's the same to us As is the lofty hall. " We sleep in rose-buds soft and sweet, We revel in the stream j • We wanton lightly on the wind, Or glide on a sunbeam. " And all our wants are well supplied From... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...till the fairy cavalcade has passed. He hears them singing : "We tilue\i in rose-buds sort and s«cet, We revel in the stream, We wanton lightly on the wind. Or glide on a sunbeam ;" and this was received most readily in those days of easy belief. Then it was not fiction, but reality.... | |
 | James Henry Dixon - 1845 - 164 pages
...for us to doubt their origin. Who can believe that any very old bard wrote as follows ? " We sleep iu rosebuds soft and sweet, We revel in the stream ;...wanton lightly on the wind, Or glide on a sun-beam." " Their oaten pipes blew wond'rous shrill, The hemlock small blew clear ; And louder notes from hemlock... | |
 | Percy Society - 1846 - 410 pages
...productions, for us to doubt their origin. Who can believe that any very old bard wrote as follows 1 " We sleep in rosebuds soft and sweet, We revel in the...wanton lightly on the wind, Or glide on a sun-beam." or— " Their oaten pipes blew wond'rous shrill, The hemlock small hlew clear ; And louder notes from... | |
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An old nutshell's the same to us As is the lofty hall. " We sleep in rose-buds soft and sweet, We revel in the stream ; We wanton lightly on the wind, Or glide on a sunbeam. 
