 I'll no say, men are villains a' ; The real, harden'd wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricket ; But, och ! mankind are unco weak, An...  More Things that Matter - Page 103by George Allardice Riddell Baron Riddell - 1925 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...Ev'n when your end's attained ; And a' your views may come to nought Where ev'ry nerve is strained. I'll no say, men are villains a'; The real harden'd...wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But och! mankind are unco weak, An' little to be trusted ; If self the wavering balance... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...Ev'n when your end's attained ; And a' your views may come to nought Where ev'ry nerve is strained. I'll no say, men are villains a'; The real harden'd wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to g, few restricked : But och! mankind are unco weak, An' little to be trusted ; If self the wavering... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...attained ; And a' your views may come to nought, Where ev'ry nerve is strained. m. I'll no say, men arc villains a' ; The real, harden'd wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But och, mankind are unco weak, An' little to be trusted ; If seethe wavering balance... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...Ev'n when your end's attained ; And a' your views may come to nought Where ev'ry nerve is strained. I'll no say, men are villains a'; The real harden'd...wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But och ! mankind are unco weak, And little to be trusted ; If self the wavering balance... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...villains a' ; The real, harden'd wicked, VV'h.'i hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But och ! mankind are unco weak, An' little to be trusted ; If self the wavering balance shake, It 's rarely right adjusted ! Yet they wha fa' in fortune's strife, Their fate we shouldna censure,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 pages
...Even when your end's attained; And a' your views may come to nought Where every nerve is strained. I'll no say, men are villains a'; The real harden'd...wicked, § Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked: But och ! mankind are unco weak, An' little to be trusted; If self the wavering balance... | |
 | Alexander Maxwell Adams - 1829 - 502 pages
...diversity of character which we may lay our accounts to meet with. " For oh ! mankind are unco weak, And little to be trusted, If self the wavering balance shake, It's rarely right adjusted." INTRODUCTION. 0 The rich will see that riches cannot purchase respect, nor yet procure happiness. The... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...my common restrictive powder. Wiseman's Surgery, I'll no say men are villains a' ; The real hardened wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few nUricled. llurnt. RESUBLIME', va Re and sublime. To sublime another time. When mercury sublimate is... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1830 - 600 pages
...of New York. Sleight & Robinson, Printers, New York. CLARENCE; OB, TALE OF OUR OWN TIMES CHAPTER I. ••I'll no say men are villains a', The real harden'd...wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few rcstricked ." BUHNP PEDRILLO'S detention at Trenton was protracted day after day, and week after week.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...when your end's attained ; And a' your views may come to nought, Where ev'ry nerve is strained. m. Ill no say, men are villains a'; The real, harden'd...wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But och ! mankind are unco weak, An1 little to be trusted ; ]fsflf\\ia wavering balance... | |
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