 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...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Page 6491832Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 470 pages
...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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 - 464 pages
...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 - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...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 - Short stories, American - 1830 - 276 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1832 - 844 pages
...every wile That justified by honour : Not to hide it in a hedge — Not for a train attendant ; Bui for the glorious privilege Of being independent." (Bravo.) That was the use be would make of his money. It should make him independent. For that did all rational men save when... | |
 | John MacGregor - Europe - 1835 - 350 pages
...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 ;... | |
 | 1835 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - Banks and banking - 1840 - 468 pages
...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" \ Whatever may be the abstract reflections of moralists on the subject, the possession of superabundant... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - United States - 1840 - 692 pages
...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... | |
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