 | 1850 - 364 Seiten
...unfrequently seizing our pen with a little of the uncertainty of the Scottish bard— " But bow the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, 93 For the Evergreen. CHANT-DE PROFUNDIS. \i A h fflr S Til) &> 9 — . f-- O O - ^ -&1 1 1 -&h IS... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 Seiten
...have sent you, Though 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. n. Yell try the world soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1852 - 142 Seiten
...hae oent you, 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 'II try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew, dear, believe me, Ve'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK - 1852 - 398 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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,... | |
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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... 
