 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...  Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston - Seite 353von Boston (Mass.). School Committee, School Committee of the City of Boston - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Hazard - 1840 - 692 Seiten
...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 - 368 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 Seiten
...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 'sa hangman's whip To baud? the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 Seiten
...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." Such was the advice he gave to a young friend in 1786, and in 1789, in a letter to Robert Ainslie,... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1846 - 392 Seiten
...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, MORAL HEROISM, 361 But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." He became the historian of... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...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 baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip,... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 932 Seiten
...Fortune'" golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her. Ami gather gear by every wilo That's justified by Honor. Not for to hide it In a hedge. Not for a train attendant. But for that glorious privilege Of being independent." Worldly-wise maxims these of the high-minded warm-hearted... | |
 | 1852 - 394 Seiten
...golden smile — Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile Thiit's justified by honor — Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant,...for the glorious privilege Of being independent." We do not wish to deprecate the value of prudence and frugality, though we would . not place them at... | |
 | M.B. Bateham and S.D. Harris - 1852 - 396 Seiten
...sought for its own sake alone, narrows the mind and depraves the heart. But when pursued, as Burns says, Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege and not for that selfish motive only, but also to diffuse happiness around us, extend comfort and relief... | |
 | M.B. Bateham and S.D. Harris - 1852 - 396 Seiten
...mind and /depraves the heart. But when pursued, as Burns says, .Not for to hide it in a liedge/ JXot for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent, and not for that selfish motive only, but also to diffuse happiness around us, extend comfort and relief... | |
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