 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1876 - 682 pages
...on their side, singing : — " Old Nature's self the lovely dears Her noblest works she classes, 0 ! Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, 0 ! " The selection of matrimonial maxims, too, is a somewhat one-sided one, and presents a variety... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her prentice ban' she tr/d on man, AJI' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. SONG. Tone, ' Jockey's grey... | |
 | Robert Burns - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1808 - 496 pages
...Ye're nought but senseless1 asses, O; The wisest man the waiT e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O 1 Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her prentice ban' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O! Green grow the rashes, 0, &c. As the grand... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...nought but senseless asses, O ; The wisest nuin the warl' e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O ! Anld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her prentice han' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O ! Green grow the rashes, O, tfc. As the grand... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1810 - 730 pages
...ivrctcbtj Efigram Jtngrad la ia!iri%i lie Sex. " O ! faireit of creation ! last and best." MILTON. " Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her prentice han' she tried on man; And then she made the Jasses O !" • End NS. f)H, woman ! on thy faithful breast... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the waiT e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green groro, Sfc. V. Auld nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her prentice han' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, Sfc. D2 53 SONG V. AGAIN REJOICING... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. AuW Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. SONG. SONG. Tune — 'JOCKEY'S... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, * He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. Auld nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'pr»ntice han' she try'd on man, Ail' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. SONG. Tone, ' Jockey's... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...lasses, O. Green grow, <Je. For you sae douse, wha sneer at this, Ye're nought but senseless asses, O: Auld nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, fyc. THE DEIL CAM FIDDLING THRO'... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...sculpture in the exquisite moulding of this lovely chef d'o:uvre. To quote that original dea of Burnt : " Her •prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O." It is surprising, that, notwithstanding the transcendent charms of the other sex, so many men persist... | |
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Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An 
