This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ... than usual, and by himself, a storm of wind and rain overtook him. Amidst the war of the elements he lost his bonnet, near the Bridge of Doon. Worst of all, the money which he had drawn at the market had been deposited in the bonnet. To avoid a curtain lecture from his helpmate, he imposed upon her credulity with a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ... than usual, and by himself, a storm of wind and rain overtook him. Amidst the war of the elements he lost his bonnet, near the Bridge of Doon. Worst of all, the money which he had drawn at the market had been deposited in the bonnet. To avoid a curtain lecture from his helpmate, he imposed upon her credulity with a story of witches seen at Alloway Kirk, but did not the less return to the Carrick hill to seek for his money, which he fortunately found in a plantation--bonnet and all. Such is the slender material out of which Burns has produced one of the noblest poems in this or any other language; a poem which Patrick Fraser Tytler, one of the most profound critics of his age, gave his opinion of in the following terms to its author: --"In the introductory part, where you paint the character of your hero, and exhibit him at the ale-house ingle with his tippling cronies, you have delineated nature with a humour and naivetd that would do honour to Matthew Prior; but when you describe the infernal orgies of the witches' Sabbath, and the hellish scenery in which they are exhibited, you display a power of imagination that Shakspeare himself could not have exceeded!" THE JOLLY BEGGARS. HERE we have a cluster of animals, of the " genus homo," depicted with a combination of fidelity and grotesque humour, worthy of Teniers. The maimed and the halt; the sturdy vagabond and the stunted dwarf; the vendor of horn spoons and the trafficker in ballads; in short, the refuse of the country side, are brought into juxtaposition, beneath the sooty rafters of Poosy Nancy's hostel, there to riot, and revel, and hold their midnight orgies. "No sleep till morn, when vice and squalor meet!" There sits the stalwart tinker, with a smoking bowl before him, ...
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Add this copy of Etchings Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery to cart. $56.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Nabu Press.
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A hardback volume (1885) in Good condition, green/ blue cloth boards and spine show moderate wear and are a little grubby, gilt lettering and decoration still very strong, some foxing to endpapers front and rear, interior generally clean and bright, very attractive untrimmed edges. No dustjacket, as issued. This is the Sir Thomas Dick Lauder edition of 1885 with additional plates and letterpress; there werr only 366 copies made and this is no. 113. Very scarce. This book is in stock now,
