 | 1846 - 308 pàgines
...slave we pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd, for a' that. What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a' that ? Gie fools their silk, and knaves their... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pàgines
...slave ue pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that. Our toils obscure, an' a' that; The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the {towd, for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a' that ? Gie fools their... | |
 | Erastus Darrow - 1850 - 104 pàgines
...To hang its head and a' that ; The coward slave we pass him by, We daur be puir for a' that. For aj that and a' that, Our toil/s obscure and a* that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a* that. What tho» on hamley fare we dine, Wear hodden grey... | |
 | 1850 - 534 pàgines
...verses : ' The rank ' — that is, the condition, external and adventitious, whether high or low — e The rank is but the guinea stamp: The MAN'S the gowd for a' that ! ' We have now come to the end of that portion of Elliott's life on which some light is thrown... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1850 - 414 pàgines
...dignity of a human soul; because he has never forgotten that amidst all the distinctions of time — "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ;" because he has regarded himself as the highpriest of nature, and the world which we inhabit... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 236 pàgines
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that 1 For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1851 - 262 pàgines
...parentage ;) and Burns' well-known lines : — " The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, * * * * The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." In the life of Dr. South, published by Curll in 1717, and prefixed to the Oxford edition of... | |
 | Sarah R. Whitehead - 1852 - 322 pàgines
...expectation, she could not help sighing, as, collecting her work, she rose and left the room. CHAPTER IV. " For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that." — BUBNS. LILY is also grown to womanhood. She has seen eighteen summers... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pàgines
...The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's # though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their... | |
 | 1852 - 572 pàgines
...The coward-slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that ; Our toil obscure, and a* that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.' " 440 THE LADIES' EXPOSITORY. lowledge, and le man should rited Philip to sit with him. y sit... | |
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THAT AND A' THAT Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a 
