 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
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - Počet stránok 418
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her , And gather gear hy ev'ry wile That's justified hy honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of heing independent. vra. 'rtie fear o' hell 'sa hangman's... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - Počet stránok 464
...golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That 's justified by hononr; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant...glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'sa hangman's whip To hand the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let' that... | |
 | James Lawson - 1830 - Počet stránok 276
...pounds. I sought assiduously to accumulate wealth, my object I may express in the lines of Burns, was " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." When my good hearted mother saw me so eager in the chase after wealth — toiling incessantly day and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - Počet stránok 484
...feeling ! VII. To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by cv'ry 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. VIII. The fear o'... | |
 | 1831 - Počet stránok 426
...feeling ! VII. To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather ge ir by ev'ry 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. VIII. The fear o'... | |
 | Peter Buchan - 1834 - Počet stránok 134
...enjoying the sweets of repose, to provide for an honourable family an honourable subsistence—- " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege You now see, My Good Sir, that I am no time serving servitor, nor respector of persons, but where respect... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - Počet stránok 370
...feeling ! VII. 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... | |
 | John MacGregor - 1835 - Počet stránok 350
...amassing it for riches sake alone, or for personal gratification and ostentatious show, and " Gathering gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not...glorious privilege Of being independent." ,,„ The latter is the Dutch method arid object. They gather not wealth, but by honourable means ; and their... | |
 | 1835 - Počet stránok 508
...madness or despair. Pursue wealth, then, with a higher and nobler purpose. In the language of Burns : " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant,...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." From this source of moral and intellectual wealth, how many are there among us, who, on some future... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - Počet stránok 440
...hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! VII. And gather gear hy ev'ry wile, That's justified hy honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant ; But .for the glorious privilege Of heing independent, VIII. The fear o' hell's a... | |
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