 But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the...  Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory - Strana 761897Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | John Wilson - 1854 - Počet stránok 252
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather pear by every wile That's justified by honor; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant;...FOR THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF BEING INDEPENDENT." Such was the advice he gave to a young friend in 1786, and in 1789, in a letter to Robert Ainslie,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - Počet stránok 252
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather pear by every wile That's justified by honor ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant;...FOR THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF BEING INDEPENDENT." Such was the advice he gave to a young friend in 1786, and in 1789, in a letter to Robert Ainslie,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - Počet stránok 612
...eateh dame fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That 's justified by honour. Not for to hide it in a hedge,...But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. Buna. Fortunes are made, if I the faets may state, — Though poor myself, I know the fortunate : First,... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - Počet stránok 422
...smile, Assiduous v ait upon her, And gather gear by every wile That's justified 'by honor. But not to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant....for the glorious privilege Of being INDEPENDENT." 7th. it is also very Important that you should be able to communicate effectually what you know and... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - Počet stránok 422
...joldeu smile, Assiduous wait upon her, And gather gear by every wile That's justified by houor. But not to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being IN-UKFE.VDIXT." 7th. It is also very important that you should be able to communicate effectually what... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - Počet stránok 562
...feeling ! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. VIII. The fear o' Hell's a hangman's... | |
 | Clavin Henderson Wiley - 1855 - Počet stránok 380
...: " To catch dame fortune's golden euiile, Assiduous wait upon her, And -gather gear by every wjle That's justified by honour : Not for to hide it in a hedge ; Not for a train attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." RESOURCES OF A... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - Počet stránok 596
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor : Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant,...independent. " The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To hand the wretch in order, But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border: Its slightest... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - Počet stránok 728
...catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That 's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge,...glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'sa hangman's whip, To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - Počet stránok 502
...of Burns the poet's manly Epistle, he " assiduously waited " upon Fortune and gathered wealth — " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant,...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." He had the courage in a luxurious, artificial society, where weak men are crushed by conventionalisms,... | |
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