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 glorious... Economics for To-day: An Elementary View - الصفحة 76بواسطة Alfred Milnes - 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 256عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Robert Burns - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 470
...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 haud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honor... | |
| 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...golden smiles, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That justified by honour : Not to hide it in a hedge — Not for a train attendant...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." (Bravo.) That was the use he would make of his mo« ney. It should make him independent. For that did... | |
| British poets - 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 274
...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 anthology - 1825 - عدد الصفحات: 464
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 226
...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,... | |
| James Lawson - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...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 ; But 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... | |
| 1835 - عدد الصفحات: 508
...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, But 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 - عدد الصفحات: 350
...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. But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." ,,„ The latter is the Dutch method arid object. They gather not wealth, but by honourable means ;... | |
| Samuel Hazard - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wire, 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" Whatever may be the abstract reflections of moralista on the subject, the possession of superabundant... | |
| 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...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. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip,... | |
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