 | Stephen Adams - 1997 - 260 pagine
...skilled writer: But Mousie, thou an no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley. An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy. One seven-line iambic pentameter stanza, rhyme royal, rhymed ababbcc, appears... | |
 | John McRae - 1998 - 172 pagine
...cranreuch cauld! But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy! Still thou art blest, compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee:... | |
 | Paul Kurtz - 318 pagine
...fulfill them. There is, of course, no guarantee that they will be realized. "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief and pain," said Robert Bums. Moreover, the audacious Promethean spirit necessary for great achievements of the... | |
 | Michael J. Bennett - 2001 - 290 pagine
...good intentions. Alfredo Castañeda, Consideration (1986). MANAGED HEALTH CARE The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promised joy! Robert Burns Prepaid group practices were the early prototype of health... | |
 | Mary Low - 2003 - 228 pagine
...canreuch cauld! But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, in proving foresight may be vain; the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, for promised joy! Still thou art blest, compared wi' me! The present only toucheth thee:... | |
 | Brian Nelson - 252 pagine
...with his plow, Burns writes to the mouse of the calamities that befall them both: "The best-laid plans o' mice an men gang aft a-gley, an lea'e us nought but grief and pain." Still, Burns envies the mouse for its ability to stay in the present, while he worries about the past... | |
 | Michael Jackson - 2005 - 252 pagine
...and celebrating it, despite the fact that, as Robert Burns famously put it, 'The best laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft a-gley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,/ For promised joy'. Though Bourdieu (1977:178) is at pains to point out that his term 'symbolic... | |
 | Stuart Ostrow - 2006 - 200 pagine
...fava beans and a nice Chianti. 11 DAVID HIRSON LA BETE 2 "The best laid schemes o' mice and men rr Gang aft a-gley; < ^ An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain, | For promis'd joy. l_ -Robert Burns , La Bete came in the mail in heroic couplets. My first reaction was to uj yawn, but... | |
 | Eugene J. Eisen - 2005 - 378 pagine
...fellow-mortal!... . . .But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'djoy! On prospects drear! An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear! 2.... | |
 | Richard A. Schwartz - 2006 - 205 pagine
...a murder. Chapter 8 As the Scottish folk poet Bobby Burns concluded in 1785, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft a-gley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,/ For promised joy." A few minutes after we switched on Channel 7 News, anchor Rick Sanchez reported that... | |
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An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! The present only toucheth thee : But, Och ! I backward cast my e'e On prospects drear ! An... 
