 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
 | Tolman (Mrs. Stella Webster (Carroll)) - 1910 - 324 pages
...lines through which he expresses his reason for desiring money "Not for to hide it in a hedge; Not for a train attendant: But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." THE HEBRIDES Before leaving Glasgow the traveler should also make an excursion to the Hebrides that... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 936 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.... | |
 | Henry Samuel Rosenthal - 1911 - 460 pages
...the great Scotchman, Burns, expresses the same idea: SAVE MONEY! Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. To be independent! That is the great wish, the allabsorbing longing of every person. "Economic dependence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 pages
...jo guineas at fi M. 6V. See below, line 26. 1. a&. iiV/cw.iVmv, ' Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.' Burns. 1. 29. general conduct of traders. On this cf. Introduction, p. xiii. Malone, in his Life of... | |
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 348 pages
...upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justify'd by honor; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent— or such a phrase as that of Franklin, "It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright," has a vital significance... | |
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 344 pages
...upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justify 'd by honor; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent — or such a phrase as that of Franklin, "It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright," has a vital... | |
 | Alfred Milnes - 1920 - 264 pages
...dependent poverty in years to come is uttered by Robert Burns— Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. Some there are who have urged, in condemnation of the science of economics, and with knowledge of the... | |
 | Henry Samuel Rosenthal - 1920 - 536 pages
...the great Scotchman, Burns, expresses the same idea: SAVE MONEY! Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. To be independent : That is the great wish, the allabsorbing longing of every person. "Economic dependence... | |
 | 1912 - 600 pages
...his call to Gather wealth by every wile That's Justified by honor; Not for to put it in a hedge Or for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege , Of being independent. CALEDONIAN ANDREW CARNEGIE. Should any of my hearers enter into business and become millionaires, they... | |
 | 1908 - 1058 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... | |
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