...instructed in the business of the dairy, with the hope of making cheese rivalling the far-famed Dunlop ; but " The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley."— ED.] No. CVII. TO MR. ROBERT AINSLIE. Ellisland, June 14, 1788. THIS is now the third day, my dearest...

...its further progress ; and, before it could get out of range again, it would be utterly destroyed. But — " The best- laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley." Our fleet-commander was aware of the existence of this chain, and destroyed it in a very neat way....

...Kofti of the order. The precious pair had discovered a mine of wealth which seemed inexhaustible. Still the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft a-gley. The Grand Kofti's pretensions to miraculous curative powers, his knowledge of the future, — the pretence...

...diminishing-glass of all great civil pomp.' How well do we see this exemplified in such remarks of Burns as ' The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley;' the conversation of the ' Twa Dogs' about their masters, and similar passages ; and more fully in Jean...

...operations that would devolve upon himself. " It was," says Allan Cunningham, " a good and plausible plan, but " 'The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley.' " Though Burns thus fondly thought that he was doubly armed against the shafts of fate, he was fighting...

...Springfield and St. Albans. When built it was designed to make this the Home office of the railroad company, but " The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley." and the offices were located at St. Albans. This depot at Windsor has been for years quite a stirring...

...that, if rejected, he would go up into the town, and apply for admission to the practice of the law. But " The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley ;" and this self-appreciation, half serious, half playful, was doomed to experience a sudden but salutary...

...that, if rejected, he would go up into the town, and apply for admission to the practice of the law. But ' ' The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley ;" and this self-appreciation, half serious, half playful, was doomed to experience a sudden but salutary...

...means to circumvent the stealthy cat, they all agreed that the little bell was just the thing needed. But " the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley," and in this case no one could tell how to bell the cat. So on the great question of the day, how to...

...botanical " Guide, philosopher, and friend " of the expedition. In vain, almost, their care : — " The best laid schemes of mice and men, Gang aft a-gley." The day's meteorological horoscope, since the earliest hours, had been crossed with malign influences....