LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a... Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Pagina 176di Robert Burns - 1786 - 240 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pagine
...have sent yon, Tho' it should serve nae other end Than just a kind memento; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Ye'll try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll tind mankind an unco squad,... | |
| CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK - 1852 - 398 pagine
...of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York. NEW ENGLAND TALE. But bow the subject theme may gang; Let time and chance determine; Perhaps it may turn oat a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Brans. TO MAKIA EDGEWOKTH, AS A SLIGHT EXPRESSION OF THE WRITER'S... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pagine
...a warning in homely lines that is needless, perhaps, in no circle : — " Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, And Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve yc. I'll no say men are villains a' ; The real, hardened wicked ;... | |
| Yankee humour - 1853 - 154 pagine
...grow wiser, and become happier. So mote it be ! A GENEBAL DISCOUBSE. TEXT. — But how the subject theme may gang Let time and chance determine : Perhaps...it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. YE MEN OP GOTHAM ! What a pretty looking nest of varmints ye are, taken in a heap, altogether! You... | |
| William Lovett - 1853 - 496 pagine
...have sent yon, Tli»' it should serve nae ither end Then just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps,...may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon." BURNS. " Sow an act, and yon reap a habit ; sow a habit, and yon reap a character ; sow a character,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1853 - 578 pagine
...Scotland. I pledge myself to DO particular line of subjects ; but, on the contrary, say with Burns, Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. I have only to add, by way of postscript to these preliminary chapters, that I have had recourse to... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 pagine
...SCOTTISH LIFE; WITH POEMS. BY PASTOR. " In an hour of perplexity, Kobert Burns said— ' How the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps...it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. So it would seem with the worthy man that has given being and birth to the pretty volume before us,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pagine
...have sent you, Tho' it should serve no other end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, And Andrew, dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And... | |
| Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pagine
...sent you, Though it should ierve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps...it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 528 pagine
...Scotland. I pledge myself to no particular line of subjects ; but, on the contrary, say with Burns. Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. have only to add, by way of postscript to these prelim nary chapters, that 1 have had recourse to Moliere's... | |
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