 | W. T. Pratt - 1877 - 306 Seiten
...Hear, Land o* Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's ; If there's a hole in a1 your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it."— Sumt, LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, 193, PICCADILL APTO IL.?-;V t ' R '" M To the Hon. W. Fox, MA, Late Premier... | |
 | W. T. Pratt - 1877 - 306 Seiten
...ZEALAND. BY AN OLD COLONIST. " Hear. Land o' Cakes. and brither Scots, Frae Maldenkirk to Johnny Groat's ; If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield'a amang you, taking notes. And, faith, he'll prent it." — Burn*. LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, 193,... | |
 | 1877 - 534 Seiten
...?i: w« BESS? give U»e Poem : r. Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Maiden Kirk to Johnnie Groat's ; If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it ; A child's aiuancr you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. " If in TKMT bounds ye chance to light... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 Seiten
...and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk * to Johnny Groat's ; ar. 31.] CAPTAIN GROSE'S PEHEURINATIONS. 207 If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : adrise — give uwd to A chiel's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. If in your bounds... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 Seiten
...instruct, bid. The old form is radon. Cf. Burns, Capt. Grose's Peregrinations thro* Scotland, 3, 4 ; ' If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent (look to} it.' AndfJDeatk and Doctor Hornbook, 53: 'I red ye weel, tak care o' skaith (hurt}* 181.... | |
 | 1890 - 410 Seiten
...accuracy," it is difficult to avoid criticism : — " If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it : A chield's amang you taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it." Very true, Robert Burns ! Moral : (1) Try to avoid having holes in your coats. (2) If the detector... | |
 | Sunset club, Chicago - 1891 - 250 Seiten
...provocation thereto, small or great. Burns' warning is worth repeating: " Hear, land o' cakes and brlther Scots " Frae MaidenKirk to Johnny Groats, " If there's a hole in a' your coats "I red ye tent it; " A chlel's amang you taking notes, " And, faith, he'll prent It." toward, or rather... | |
 | Robert Burns, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1892 - 322 Seiten
...ANTIQUITIES OF THAT KINGDOM. HEAR, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groat's, If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it ; A chiel's amang you takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it ! If in your bounds you chance to light... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1893 - 404 Seiten
...character. To PICK A HOLE IN ONE'S co AT = to find a cause for censure. 1789. BURNS, Verses on Caft. Grose. If there's a HOLE IN A' YOUR COATS, I rede you tent it. To MAKE (or BURN) A HOLE IN ONE'S POCKET, verb. phr. (colloquial). — Said of money recklessly spent.... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 620 Seiten
...whom he had met at Friars Carse : " Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnnie Groats — If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, takin' notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. " By some auld, houlet-haunted biggin, Or kirk deserted by... | |
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Groat's ; If there's a hole in a* your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. 
