 | 1903 - 1186 str.
...Merope, act i. tc, 3. Rouse the lion from his lair. The Taliman. Chap. vi. Jock, when ye hac nacthing else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.1 The Heart of Midlothian. Chap. viii. Fat, fair, and forty.3 St. Eonan't Well. Chap.... | |
 | Herbert Louis Samuel Samuel (Viscount) - 1902 - 422 str.
...cost. " When ye hae nothing else to do," said the Laird of Dumbiedikes, in Scott's novel, to his son, " ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing when ye're sleeping ; " and perhaps inquiry will show that the maxim points a road by which our Government... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 str.
...Meropt, act i. K. 3. Rouse the lion from his lair. The Talisman. Chap. m. Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping.1 The Heart of Midlothian. Chap. mil. Fat, fair, and forty.* St. Ronan's Well. Chap.... | |
 | Victoria. Dept. of Agriculture - 1906 - 818 str.
...TREE PLANTING AND TREE PRESERVATION. /. M. Reed, ISO, Surveyor-General. "Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping." — Tht Hutrl of Midlothian, Chap. 8. Even to the most casual observer, when travelling over a great... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1916 - 670 str.
...to other folk, I think they suld pay it to me — that equals aquals. — Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping.2 My 1 Immediately previous to the Revolution, the students at the Edinburgh College were... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 str.
...Dumbiedikes, a character in Scott's novel, The Heart of Midlothian, chap. vii. "Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree : it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping." SHAKESPEARE; OR, THE POET 183. Shakespeare (1564-1616), the greatest of English dramatic poets. He... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 544 str.
...nature of his book, which ran into four editions before the author's death, arrested this decline (' be aye sticking in a tree ; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping' as the laird of Dumbiedykes counselled his son), and to the Sylva of John Evelyn is largely due the... | |
 | Empire State Forest Products Association - 1908 - 652 str.
...Mid-Lothian," when on his death bed he enjoined tree planting on his son. saying, " Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing Jock, when ye're sleepin'." Walter Scott in a footnote says of this, " The author has been flattered by the assurance... | |
 | Maude Morrison Frank - 1911 - 220 str.
...growing. 22 When did morning ever break And find such beaming eyes awake? 23 Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping. 24 We do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. 25 Didst... | |
 | American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society - 1912 - 856 str.
...Laird of Dumbicdikes, when on his death bed, give this advice to his son: " Jock, when ye hao naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree. It will be growing, Jock, when ye're sleeping." A Scottish Earl took this advice so seriously, says Sir Walter, that he planted a large tract of country... | |
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