... John Morison, merchant. The child was born on the 1st instant. 3rd October 1714. 'Registrate to Allan Ramsay, weegmaker, and Christian Ross, his spouse, ...
... As high as ony Roman wa'. Driving their ba's frae whins or tee, There's no ae gowfer to be seen Nor doucer fouk, wysing a-jee The biassed bowls ...
... after only eighty-six years of alternate loyalty and revolt, the Southrons had driven into exile, the keenly observant lad would follow every detail ...
... sin, and hell,'. make the following reply, which savours strongly of the slippered orthodoxy of The Essay on Man-. 'Watch o'er us, father. hech, ...
... the summit of the ridge extending from the Castle to Holyrood Palace, the ancient home of the Stuarts. From this main artery of traffic, smaller veins, ...
... after them the wits of Edinburgh, with some lines on the current predictions regarding The Great Eclipse of the Sun, foretold to take place during April ...
... was intense. Henceforward poetry was to represent to him the supreme aim of existence. But like the canny Scot he was, he preferred to regard its ...
... thy gratitude, And of sic friends make sure, Wha strive to make our minds less rude, And help our wants to cure Acting a generous part and good, In ...
... country, the Tea-Table Miscellany was in demand, or the songs taken from it, for the entertainment of those assembled. The widespread delight evoked ...
... edition was printed in 1750 by R. & A. Foulis of Glasgow. So great was the accession of popularity accruing to Ramsay through the publication of The ...
... of the scenery in the poem in the second, every feature named by Ramsay is full in view. Here are 'the harbour-craig,' 'the trottin' burnie,' 'the little ...
... silk stockings, and buckled shoes, tye-wigs, and three-cornered hats peculiar to the fourth decade of last century-issued from their dingy turnpike ...
... clerical circles, against which even Dr. Webster and his friends were powerless. Hitherto the opposition of the Presbyterian ministers had prevented ...
... making allowances for human weaknesses was less. Nay, he may even in some respects have been 'near' with regard to certain little things, though this ...
... on reverting to nature for the study of scenes and character. The same conviction, according to Lowell, was entertained by Spenser, and his Shepherds' ...
... their shepherds and shepherdesses talk like philosophers, and reason upon all the mysteries of life, death, and futurity. What reader of Sir Philip ...
... to letters, and then hints at his love for Peggy, which Sir William declares must be forgotten. The first scene of the Fourth Act relieves, by the ...
... Of this, the first canto only was written by its royal author. Ramsay, therefore, conceived the design of completing it, as was remarked before. The king ...
... of 'Lochaber No More'-. 'Farewell to Lochaber, and farewell my Jean, Where heartsome wi' thee I've mony day been For Lochaber no more, Lochaber ...
... Vi. Ramsay As An Editor The 'tea-table Miscellany' And The 'evergreen'-1721-25.Chapter Vii. 'the Gentle Shepherd' Scottish ...