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 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...A set o' dull conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes.! They gang in sticks, ami come out asses, Plain truth to speak , An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Thou though I drudge thro' dnb... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...grammars ? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge thro' dub... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...hashes, Confuse their brains in college clasees ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth tn speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ? Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I dosire; Then, tho' 1 drudge thro' dub... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...grammars ? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Wain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dmt o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's... | |
 | Innes Hoole - 1821 - 688 pages
...Ye*d better ta'en up spades and shools, Or knapping hammers. A set of dull conceited hashes Con fuse their brains in college classes; They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak. BURNS. That a dragoon delights in arms, And thoughtless of mamma's alarms, Sports h gh-heel'd boots... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...What sairs your grammars ? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...grammars .Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint of Greek ' Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...grammars ? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 808 pages
...coarse and keen satire of . Burns is very applicable in such a case: A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! In fact, the dulness and formality of colleges, which are found as well among Professors as students,... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 878 pages
...coarse and keen satire of Burns is very applicable in such a case: A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' sync they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! In fact, the dulness and formality of colleges,... | |
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