 GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down...  Attic Salt: The Saving Grace of Humour - Page 101by Thomas Selby Henrey - 1914 - 149 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American poetry - 1891 - 540 pages
...British wrangs be righted. — Dumfries Volunteers. THANKS. Some hae meat that canna eat; And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. — Versicles. Grace Before Meat. HONOR. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To hand the wretch in... | |
 | American poetry - 1891 - 608 pages
...British wrangs be righted. — Dumfries Volunteers. THANKS. Some hae meat that canna eat; And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. — I'ersicles. Grace Before Meat. HONOR. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To hand the wretch in... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1891 - 556 pages
...his feast A very robbery, and himself no guest. Vaughan. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thunkit. Burns. OF PERSON. Grace is to the body what good sense is to the mind. La lioc/iefoucauld.... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...Half wauken'd wi' the din, man. On being requested to say grace at the table of the Earl of Selkirk: Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. Bushe, the Irish Chief Baron, made this impromptu verse upon two agitators... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...Half wauken'd wi' the din, man. On being requested to say grace at the table of the Earl of Selkirk : Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thankit. Bushe, the Irish Chief Baron, made this impromptu verse upon two... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - Quotations - 1893 - 694 pages
...more want of wit. /.',-..•. „ and J id.) iii. 5. Some hae meat that canna eat, / And some would eat that want it ; / But we hae meat and we can eat, / Sae let the Lord be thankit. Hums. 15 Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. Гг. Some men are born... | |
 | Duncan Anderson - Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1895 - 272 pages
...fact itself should have suggested a feeling of gratitude, for our national bard puts it thus — " Some hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Anduae the Lord be thankit." I have said that the sawyer should have been grateful for the feeling... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1895 - 768 pages
...a welcome on you ; welcome all. Sft. Hen. nil. l. 4. Some hae meat that canna eat ; And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thank it. Burns, Grace before Aftat. GRAMMAR— Wine Farts of Speech. Three little words you often... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1895 - 512 pages
...p. <H. " A kuoll where wizards havi ELEGY, ETC. 237 THE SELKIRK GRACE.1 BOME hae meat, and can na. eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be than ki L ELE-0Y ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEP NICHOLSON was a gude bay mare,... | |
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