 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
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - Počet stránok 364
...the same noble spirit which made Burns indite the stanza — d " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Or for a train attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." What poor creatures a Steele, a Savage, a Macginn, or an Edgar Pbe — skulking before their creditors,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 448
...with any steadfast domestic virtue. " To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by...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 - 1857 - Počet stránok 466
...any steadfast domestic virtue. ' •" To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by...a train attendant ; BUT FOR THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE . . .Or BEING INDEPENDENT." Such was the advice he gave to a young friend in 1786, and in 1789, in... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 454
...with any steadfast domestic virtue. " 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 attendaut ; BUT FOR THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF BEING INDEPESDENT." Such was the advice he gave to a... | |
 | 1858 - Počet stránok 652
...anxiously strive to acquire wealth in any honorable course — not as BURNS sings — that he may " hide it in a hedge, " Nor for a train attendant ;...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." If, moreover, he aspires to benefit his fellow-men by some scheme to improve their murals, their minds,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - Počet stránok 368
...is a model and example for men of business in all time to come. CHAPTEE IX. MONEY—USE AND ABUSE. " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being imle],endent."—Burns. ' Neither a borrower nor a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend... | |
 | Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1859 - Počet stránok 200
...early. CHAPTER IV. GETTING MONEY. " 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. Not for a train attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." ST. JAMES says, "If... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - Počet stránok 736
...To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile wealth 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. The fear o' hell's a hangman's... | |
 | Samuel Mordecai - 1860 - Počet stránok 368
...out his vision and indeed weakened his mental faculties, which were exerted to attain a competency, " Not for to hide it in a hedge, nor for a train attendant,...for the glorious privilege of being independent." His form and features bore Nature's impress of nobility. His son, Carter Page Johnson, was one of the... | |
 | Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - Počet stránok 370
...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;...But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. Burns. L. — Oh ! let the stars that guide you right, Be virtue fair, and honor bright; With diligence... | |
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