...merely an axiom of its advocates, assumed, but not proved. " The cheerful supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big hall Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet reverently is laid aside, He wales a portion with judicious...

...meet aught so beautiful or thrilling as the following ? " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide, The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets* wearing...

...we meet any thing like the " Cotter's Saturday Night?" The checrfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace Thc big /m' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haifets...

...characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing...

...excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion...

...excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion...

...the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion The cheerfu ' supper done, wi ' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide: The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha '-bible, ance his faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside. His lyart haffets u=eann...

...the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide, The sire...big ha'bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare, Those strains that once did sweet...

...been read as typifying ancient Scottish piety's deep treasuring of the Bible. Those well-known lines, 'The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, /The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride', have tended to be generalized by readers of Burns and writers on Burns to such an extent that they...

...Night" paints a warm, touching scene of family worship: The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,...