 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pagine
...with a good effect upon the child's temper. tender years — that of tending the cattle in the fields. Her father would often visit her, sit down by her...and tell her the names of the various grasses and wild-flowers, as if to lose no opportunity of imparting instruction. When it thundered, she was sure... | |
 | William Burnes, John Murdoch - 1875 - 64 pagine
...suited to her tender years — that of tending the cattle in the fields. Her father would often ( xxix ) visit her, sit down by her side, and tell her the...instruction. When it thundered, she was sure he would soon come to her, because he knew that on such occasions she was apt to suffer much from terror." She... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 520 pagine
...Mrs Begg's main occupation was one suited to her years — that of tending the cattle in the fields. Her father would often visit her, sit down by her...and tell her the names of the various grasses and wild-flowers. When it thundered, she was sure he would soon come to her, because he knew that on such... | |
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... as if to lose no opportunity of imparting instruction. When it thundered, she was sure he would soon come to her, because he knew that on such occasions she was apt to suffer much from terror. 