...supplied. " Pretty much like the young ravens," answered he ; "I only wished I had been as good a player on the flute as poor George Primrose in The Vicar of...doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrape gut" Some allusions to reproaches of this kind occur in the " Memoir ; " and we shall find others...

...flute in order to earn a meal by the way, old Mr. Scott, catching grumpily at the idea, replied, " I greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrape-gut," — a speech which very probably suggested his son's conception of Darsie Latimer's adventures with...

...much like the young ravens," answered Walter; "I only wished I had been as good a player on the fhite as poor George Primrose in the Vicar of Wakefield....greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a yangrel scrtipftjuf!" Perhaps even the revelation, could it have been made to him, of his son's future...

...Surely, he was born to be a pedlar." " I only wish," responds the son, " that I were as good a player on the flute as poor George Primrose, in the ' Vicar...his art, I should like nothing better than to tramp about from cottage to cottage." " I doubt," says the grave, prosaic father, — " I greatly doubt,...

...to young Walter's expression of a taste for wandering, flute in hand, like Goldsmith over Europe, ' I greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrape-gut.' As IB BDCCLEUCH PLACE. 25 OEOROE SQUARE. a reminiscence of his school-days Scott in the general preface...

...supplied. " Pretty much like the young ravens," answered he. " I only wished I had been as good a player on the flute as poor George Primrose in The Vicar of...doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel serapegut." Some allusions to reproaches of this kind occur in the Memoir, and we find others in letters...

...reminded his impatient father on that occasion, when the grave Clerk to the Signet said— "I doubt, I greatly doubt, Sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrapegut." This Bohemianism that probably germinated at Sandy-knowe, and in company of the "aged kind, Auld Sandy...

..."Pretty much like the young ravens," answered Walter. " I only wish I had been as good a player on the flute as poor George Primrose in the ' Vicar of...cottage to cottage over the world." " I doubt," said the honest Signet Writer, " I greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrape-gut."...

...Goldsmith is said to have done in his tour of Europe, his father indignantly predicted as to his future : " I greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrapegut." Scott's musical ability, however, was exceedingly deficient, and he could not hope to reduce expenses...

...Goldsmith is said to have done in his tour of Europe, his father indignantly predicted as to his future : " I greatly doubt, sir, you were born for nae better than a gangrel scrapegut." Scott's musical ability, however, was exceedingly deficient, and he could not hope to reduce expenses...