 | Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...the heart, how much do we not admire her affectionate bustle when she hears of her husband's return : And are ye sure the news is true ? and are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to think o' wark ? make haste, fling by your wheel, Is this a time to think o* wark ! when Collin's at the door ? Gie... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 260 pages
...streets as a ballad; and I suppose the composition of the song was not much anterior to that period* I, And are ye sure the news is true ? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to talk o' wark ? Ye jads, lay by your wheel ! Is this a time to talk of wark, When Colin's at the door... | |
 | Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 pages
...circumstance was gradually obliterated from the observation of Mr. and Mrs. Manners. CHAPTER XL • And are ye sure the news is true? And are ye sure he's weel? FROM that time Charles never ventured beyond the pleasure-grounds, except in the company of Mr. or... | |
 | Mary R. Sterndale - 1821 - 886 pages
...the circumstance was gradually obliterated from the observation of Mr. and Mrs. Manners. CHAPTER XI. And are ye sure the news is true? And are ye sure he's weel? Taoii that time Charles never ventured beyond the pleasure-grounds, except in the company of Mr. or... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 406 pages
...of light caught their beauty from heaven. p. M. JAMES. THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE. AND are you sure the news is true? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 470 pages
...beauty from heaven. p. M. JAMES. THERE S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE. AND are you sure the news is true 1 And are ye sure he's weel? Is this a time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...beauty from heaven. PM JAMES. THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE. AND are you sure the news is true 1 And are ye sure he's weel? Is this a time to think of wark ! Mak haste, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread When Colin's at the door... | |
 | English literature - 1824 - 808 pages
...fixed resolution, then so breaks out at last in the above abrupt and most expressive manner :) " But are ye sure the news is true ? — And are ye sure he's weel ?" His coming home to her at all, under almost any circumstances, however unfavourable, would, at the... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...wild warlock," but there is little witchery in his verse;—it is humble, and homely, and accurate. THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE. And are ye sure...true ? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to talk <i' wark ? Ye jades, fling by your wheel! Is this a time to think of wark, When Colon's at the... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 378 pages
...wild warlock," but there is little witchery in his verse ; — it is humble, and homely, and accurate. THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE. And are ye sure...true ? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to talk o' wark ? Ye jades, fling by your wheel ! Is this a time to think of wark, When Colin's at the... | |
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Is this a time to think o' wark ? Ye jades, lay by your wheel ; Is this the time to spin a thread, When Colin's at the door ? Reach down my cloak, I'll to the quay, And see him come ashore. For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck at a'... 
