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" The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. "
Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter - Page 474
1904
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The Art of Selling: For Business Colleges, High Schools of Commerce, Y.M.C.A ...

Arthur Frederick Sheldon - 1911 - 196 pages
...some time, nor can he provide against every conceivable argument against his prices. As Burns says, "the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley," and the salesman has to be prepared to do a lot of quick thinking in the course of his day's work. It is at...
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Strange Siberia Along the Trans-Siberian Railway: A Journey from the Great ...

Marcus Lorenzo Taft - 1911 - 316 pages
...drinking daily one or two bottles and gradually increase the quantity until five bottles are drunk daily. But The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley. The heavy rains, which caused the washouts in the Urals, had evidently dispersed their moisture over...
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Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society, Volume 3

New Hampshire Historical Society - 1902 - 584 pages
...South. to use the same means of aggression and attack during his famous demonstrations on Fort Fisher, but " The best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley," and the same results by these means attended the efforts of both these great generals — failure. It is impossible...
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Our Own English Bible: Its Translators and Their Work. V.1, 3, Volume 3

William James Heaton - 1913 - 376 pages
...Mary would leave no stone unturned to circumvent him. But for that, he would probably have succeeded ; but " The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley." Mary would not hear truth : and she deliberately suppressed it. She refused, in her brother's time,...
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The History of the London & North Western Railway

Wilfred L. Steel - 1914 - 522 pages
...thought that, while still retaining their independence, the two lines were now virtually one system. But " the best laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft agley," and this particular one followed in the footprints of the majority and did the same, and it was not very...
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Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms ...

Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 456 pages
...grow. (Mauritius Creole). "But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be in vain : The best laid schemes o' mice and men, Gang aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy." Robert Burns. SWEET MEATS are not distributed...
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Fur News and Outdoor World, Volumes 23-24

1916 - 760 pages
...his course somewhat, might be assisted in the descent by his experience. A good arrangement, surely; but "The best laid schemes o' mice and men • Gang aft agley," as we found before half a mile of the course had been run; for my boat, being new and light, beside...
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Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adages, Maxims, Aphorisms ...

Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 454 pages
...grow. (Mauritius Creole). "But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be in vain: The best laid schemes o' mice and men, Gang aft a-gley, And lea'e us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy." Robert Burns. SWEET MEATS are not distributed...
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The Accrington Old Water Corn Mill: Its History and Owners

Richard Broughton - 1917 - 188 pages
...land, and a messuage called Icconhirst with 49 acres of land. But he soon found to his sorrow that " The best laid schemes o" mice and men Gang aft a-gley, And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy." On the death of one of the Kenyon Brothers, the...
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My Quarter Century of American Politics, Volume 2

Champ Clark - 1920 - 504 pages
...Democratic presidential nomination. All of which is a fine illustration of the wisdom of Burns's lines: The best laid schemes o" mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy. Colonel Benton gave an amusing reason why Generals...
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