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 ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant ; But for the... Tales and Sketches - Página 85por James Lawson - 1830 - 256 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Burns - 1804 - 242 páginas
...fail*; Affiduous wait upon her; • And gather gear by ev'ry wile ' t '' -1 That's juflify'd by Honor: Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant l ,•-*:..But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. _,. _i :o vr w ' '' The fear o' Hell's... | |
| Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 páginas
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by ev'ry 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. VIII. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honor... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 páginas
...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. VOL. I. p The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 270 páginas
...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 The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip,... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 páginas
...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...But for the 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,... | |
| Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 páginas
...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 glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip,... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 páginas
...thousand pounds. I sought assiduously to accumulate wealth, my object (T may express it in the lints of Burns,) was " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor fur a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege * Of being independent." Years rolled on. I reached... | |
| Peter Buchan - 1834 - 134 páginas
...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... | |
| 1835 - 508 páginas
...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... | |
| John MacGregor - 1835 - 350 páginas
...gratification and ostentatious show, and " Gathering gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge Nor for a train attendant....for the glorious privilege Of being independent." ,,„ The latter is the Dutch method arid object. They gather not wealth, but by honourable means ;... | |
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