 Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books; I calculated crops; I attended markets; and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad...  The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ... - Page 57edited by Full view - About this book
 | Henry C. Shelley - 1909 - 426 pages
...his ways and address himself seriously to the work of life. " I read farming 194 books," he said, " I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short,...spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...his gifted son. 314. Efforts to Reform. — Burns now made an effort to reform. In his own words, " I read farming books, I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world, and the flesh, I should have been a wise man ; but the first year from unfortunately buying... | |
 | George Iles - 1908 - 202 pages
...madness; but in good sense, and every sober qualification, he was far my superior. FARMING AND POETRY I entered on this farm with a full resolution, "come,...spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - Hymns - 1910 - 706 pages
...social and amorous madness ; but in good sense, and every sober qualification, he was far my superior. I entered on this farm with a full resolution, " come,...spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the... | |
 | John Alexander Joyce - Poets, Scottish - 1910 - 156 pages
...social and amorous madness ; but in good sense and every sober qualification he was far my superior. I entered on this farm with a full resolution, come,...in spite of the devil and the world and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man ; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - English literature - 1914 - 488 pages
...beautifully located, better adapted to poetry than to farming. Burns was determined to succeed. He says: " I read farming books, I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world, and the flesh, I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying... | |
 | Robert Farquharson Sharp - English literature - 1900 - 566 pages
...resolutions for prudence when he set to work upon the new farm. " I read farming books," he says, " I calculated crops, I attended markets, and, in short, in spite of the devil, the world and the flesh, I should have been a wise man." But unfortunately bad harvests and ill fortune... | |
 | Andrew Herbert Dakers - Poets, Scottish - 1923 - 258 pages
...was sternly determined to make good as a farmer, in partnership with Gilbert. As he himself wrote : " I entered on this farm with a full resolution ' come,...in spite of the devil and the world, and the flesh, I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from... | |
 | Andrew Herbert Dakers - Poets, Scottish - 1923 - 254 pages
...in partnership with Gilbert. As he himself wrote : " I entered on this farm with a full resolution c come, go to, I will be wise ! ' I read farming books,...in spite of the devil and the world, and the flesh, I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from... | |
 | Ralph Knight - Literary Criticism - 1959 - 246 pages
...social and amorous madness, but in good sense and every sober qualification he was far my superior. I entered on this farm with a full resolution, "Come,...attended markets; and in short, in spite of "the devil, the world and the flesh," I believe I would have been a wise man; but the first year from unfortunately... | |
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