 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...innocence. The great mis" fortune of my life was to want an aim. I ha4 *f felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they *' were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops " round the walls of his cave. I saw my father's " situation entailed on me perpetual labour. The " only two openings by which I could... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 860 pages
...years afterwards within the line of innocence. The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. 1 had felt early fome ftirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropingsof Homer'sCyi lops round the «-alls of his cave. I faw my father's fituation entai'ed on me... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 558 pages
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 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...presbyteriau country life. The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the wal Is of his cave. I saw my father's sttuatiou eu tailed on me perpetual labour. The only two openings... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...line of innocence. The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. I saw my father's situation entailed on me perpetual labour. The only two openings by which I could enter... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1820 - 484 pages
...misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. I saw my father's situation entailed on me perpetual labour. The only two openings by which I could enter... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - Poets, Scottish - 1821 - 414 pages
...certain habits, which strongly marked his future character through life. He had early felt some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. He loathed the situation in which fortune had placed him ; but was without any other direct aim or... | |
 | Society of ancient Scots - 1821 - 226 pages
...certain habits, which strongly marked his future character through life. He had early felt some stirrings of .ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. He loathed the situation in which fortune had placed him ; but was without any other direct aim or... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...certain habits, which strongly marked his future character through life. He had early felt some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. He loathed the situation in which fortune had placed him ; but was without any other direct aim or... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...of innocence. The great misfortune of my life was the want of aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. I saw my father's situation entailed on me perpetual labour. The only two openings by which I could enter... | |
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The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim. I had felt early some stirrings of ambition, but they were the blind gropings of Homer's Cyclops round the walls of his cave. 
