| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1857 - 426 pages
...on the Devil himself, and exclaim with poor Burns, Rut 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 wao to think upon you den, Ev'n for your Sake. 180 FIRE, FAMINE, AND SLAUGHTER defence was too good... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 216 pages
...with right orthodoxy ! " But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ; 0 wad ye tak a thought and men' ! Te aiblins might, — I dinna ken, — • Still hae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake !" He did not know, probably, that Sterne had been beforehand with him. " ' He is... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pages
...Niukie-ben ! Olí ! wad ye tak a thought an' men', Yc aiblins might — I diinia ken — • Still liae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! " The Jolly Beggars, too, original and dramatic, and for droll variety of character, is truly unique... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pages
...and couthie familiarity , cannot be surpassed — " But fare yon weel, auld Nickie-ben ! Oh ! wad ye tak a thought an' men', Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still liae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo" yon den, Er'n for your sake ! " The Jolly Beggars, too, original... | |
| Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 pages
...But fare-you-weel, auld Nickie-ben I O wad ye tak a thought and men' I Ye aiblins might — I dtnna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake 1 beat, Lowland, [Highland know suddenly TO JAMES SMITH. " Friendship! mysterious... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 494 pages
...he cannot hate with right orthodoxy : But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben; 0 wad ye tak a thought and men' ! Ye aiblins might, — I dinna ken, — Still hae a stake; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake ! " He is the father of curses and lies," said Dr. Slop ; " and is cursed and damned... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 510 pages
...orthodoxy : But fare you wee!, auld Nickie-ben; 0 wad ye tak a thought and men'! Ye aiblins might,—'I dinna ken, — Still hae a stake; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake! " He is the father of curses and lies," said Dr. Slop; " and is cursed and damned... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...even on the Devil himself, and exclaim with poor Burns, But fare ye weel, auld Niekie-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 you den, Ev'n for your sake. I need not say that these thoughts, which are here dilated, were... | |
| Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...faith ! he'll turn a corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna...— Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon dsn, Ev'n for your sake ! THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. AN... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 pages
...An' gied the infant world a shog, Haist ruin'd a'.... But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben I 0 wad ye tak a thought an' men'. Ye aiblins might. — I dinna ken. — Still hae a stake. l'm wae to think upon yon den , E'en for your sake ! pareils. C'est que la large nature conciliante... | |
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