 | 1783 - 1276 pages
...go on in his own way. " Thou ltao*i«i friend, (faid Mr. Barclay,) that I feed and pay theetocai./ work in a proper manner ; but thou art wife in thine own ey^i and regardcit not the admonitions of thy employer. I hive tjtherto fpoken to thee in a ilile thou... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 pages
...neighbours ; but the fellow was obstinate, and would go on in his own way. " Thou knowest, friend," said Mr Barclay, " That I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner, but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to... | |
 | James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...neighbours ; but the fellow was obstinate, and would go on in his own way. "Thou knowest, friend, (said Mr. Barclay) that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner, but Ihou art wise in thine own eyes, and rejardcst nnt ihe admonitions of thy employer. 1 have hitherto... | |
 | George Ramsay - Anecdotes - 1828 - 654 pages
...neighbours ; but the fellow was obstinate, and would go on his own way. " Thou knowest, friend," said Mr. Barclay, " that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner, but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to... | |
 | American periodicals - 1825 - 498 pages
...neighbours ; but the fellow was obstinate, and would go on his own way, 'Thou knowest, friend,' said Mr. Barclay, that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner ; but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonition of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to.... | |
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1889 - 1070 pages
...addressed him thus— Mr. Barclay had previously joined the Society of Friends — " Friend, thou knowest that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner ; but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to... | |
 | William Alexander - Agriculture - 1877 - 242 pages
...disobedient to his instructions, on one occasion he addressed him thus : — " Thou knowest, friend, that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner, but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to... | |
 | William H. MacFarlane - Keith, Scotland - 1922 - 394 pages
...strength, is said to have dealt in this fashion with a refractory ploughman : " Thou knowest, friend, that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner ; but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to... | |
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that I feed and pay thee to do my work in a proper manner, but thou art wise in thine own eyes, and regardest not the admonitions of thy employer. I have hitherto spoken to thee in a style thou understandest not, for verily thou art of a perverse spirit... 