 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pàgines
...his head and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by ; We dare be puir for a' that. For a' that an a' that, Our toils obscure and a' that ; The rank...guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin' grey and a' that ; Gi'e fools their silks, an' knaves their... | |
 | 1852 - 518 pàgines
...mere pretension. If a physician is not respected, you may depend upon it, it is his own fault : — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." The author says, " Legislation cannot avail even were the legislators willing to assist us.''... | |
 | 1852 - 634 pàgines
...Thus, while it is undoubtedly true that a literal prose translation of two such lines as these: — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that," would be miserably jejune as compared with the original ; the advocate of a prose translation... | |
 | Camilla Crosland - 1853 - 440 pàgines
...can make the peasant equal or superior to the prince, or as Burns in his own rich coinage hath it, " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." And it is because there is true happiness to be found in every station, that it is so great... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pàgines
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ! The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,...guinea's stamp,! The man's the gowd for a' that! What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddiu gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their... | |
 | 1854 - 356 pàgines
...poverty That hangs his head and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by; We dare be puir for a' that. For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure and...guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin' grey and a' that ; Qi'e fools their silks, an' knaves their... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pàgines
...The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's...that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that? Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ; For a'... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pàgines
...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 hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man 'sa man, for a' that ! For... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pàgines
...no praise.] Is there, for honest poverty, The coward-slave, we pass him by, "We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,...that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a? that ! For... | |
 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1855 - 344 pàgines
...duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Another pyramid might be becomingly erected on the spot where Mr. Mather was cut down at Florence.... | |
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Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a 
