 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, Not for a train- attendant ; But for...  Plain Living and High Thinking: A New Year Homily - Page 47by Theodore Thornton Munger - 1897 - 61 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Sanford Harrison - 1905 - 492 pages
....Assiduously wait upon her. And gather gear hy every wile That's justified by honor. Not to hide It In a hedse Nor for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege Of being Independent." He is a student and a thinker who has the courage of his convictions. He does not hesitate to express... | |
 | Edward Sanford Harrison - 1905 - 496 pages
...Assiduously wait upon her. And gather senr hy every wile That's justified by honor. Not to hide It In a hodse Nor for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege Of being Independent." He is a student and a thinker who has the courage of his convictions. He does not hesitate to express... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1905 - 472 pages
...upon her, And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honor. 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 honor grip,... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1905 - 504 pages
...upon her, And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honor. 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 honor grip,... | |
 | 1910 - 752 pages
...gear, as Burns says, . . . By every wile That's justified by honor; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. At the best, life is a battle royal in which each one engaged hopes, at some period, to win out. The... | |
 | 1907 - 264 pages
...her ; And gather gear 4 by ev'ry wile That's justified by honor; 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 baud 5 the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip,... | |
 | Edward E. Beals - 1907 - 120 pages
...upon her. And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor. Not for to hide it in a hedge. Not for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of BEING INDEPENDENT." 182370 Contents CHAPTER PARK Introduction 9 I Money 17 II Mental Attitude 22 III Fear and Worry 29... | |
 | Robert Waters - 1907 - 378 pages
...her, And gather gear by all the wiles that's justified by honour : Not for to hide it in a hedge, or for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege of being independent.' " At a dinner where the subject of "Turning Points in Life" was discussed, an eccentric gentleman,... | |
 | 1908 - 1100 pages
...selfish motives, but in the spirit of the well-known lines of Burns : Not for the sake of getting gear, nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege of being independent. JAMES G. HUTCHINSON. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE IT is reported of Artemus Ward that he announced his intention... | |
 | 1909 - 448 pages
...upon her, And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour, Not for to hide it in a hedge, Or for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege, Of being independent. The form that this adjunct took was his investing, at an ill-omened moment, in a couple of racehorses,... | |
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