 | George Borrow - 1928 - 390 pages
...of considerable pathos : " But fare-you-weel, Auld Nickie-Ben I O, wad ye tak a thought an1 men' 1 Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake...I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! " There is a surprising resemblance in two or three points between this poem of the Welsh bard and... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - 1928 - 1452 pages
...orthodoxy: But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben; 0, wad ye tak a thought and men'! Ye aiblins might, — / dinna ken, — Still hae a stake; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even ¡or your sake! " He is the father of curses and lies," said Dr. Slop; " and is cursed and damned... | |
 | Ralph Knight - 1959 - 246 pages
...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' yon den, Ev'n for your sake! scheming trick shake Almost flurry smoking rags; scorched wig smutty face squinted blotches loosed;... | |
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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' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. 
