 | Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 Seiten
...But, faith ! he '11 turn a comer jinkin', An' cheat you yet. Bat, fare you weel, auId'Nickie-ben! Oh, wad ye tak' a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still ha'ea stake— I 'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for jour sake ! THE TWA DOGS. A TALB. [The printer... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 512 Seiten
...agree. Robert Burns naively appeals to Old Nick's better nature — But fare ye weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still ha'ea stake ; I'm wae to think upon yon den, E'en for your sake ! It is hard to destroy the natural... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 502 Seiten
...agree. Robert Burns naively appeals to Old Nick's better nature — But fare ye weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still ha'ea stake ; I'm wae to think upon yon den, E'en for your sake ! It is hard to destroy the natural... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 584 Seiten
...may compute, But know not what's resisted. BURNs. TO THE DEVIL. BUT fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben! O wad. ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might, — I dinna ken, Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upon yon den, ' Even for your sake ! BURNs. THE ORIGIN OF DIDACTIC POETRY.... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 Seiten
...doubting also the forgiveness even in the event of repentance : " But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! Oh wad ye tak a thought, an' men', Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' your den, Ev'n for your sake !" proposition, are obscure or unknown.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 Seiten
...But, faith ! he 'll turn a corner jinkin *, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! 0 wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins* might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I 'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! FROM 'THE HOLY FAIR.' Now, butt an'... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 Seiten
...the forgiveness even in the event of repentance : " But fare you wcel, auld Nickie-ben l Oh wad yc tak a thought, an' men', Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' your den, proposition, are obscure or unknown. But this docs not... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1881 - 326 Seiten
...But, faith! he'Il turn a corner jinkin', An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weef, auld Nickie-ben ! Oh, wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might— I dinna kenStill hae a stake— I 'ra wae to think upo' yon den, E'en for your sake! THE VISION. DUAN FlRST.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1882 - 448 Seiten
...verdict even on the Devil himself, and exclaim with poor Burns, But fare ye weel, auld Nickie-ben ! Oh ! wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake— I'm wae to think upon yon den, Ev'n for your sake. I need not say that these thoughts, which... | |
 | 1884 - 486 Seiten
...the Deil" of Robert Burns there is a famous stanza : — " But fare you weel, auld Nickie Ben ; О wad ye tak a thought an men', Ye aiblins might, — I dinna ken, — Still hae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo' you den, Even for your sake ! " " Ho did not know, probably," says... | |
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But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake : I'm wae to think upo... 
