 | John Aikin - 1852 - Počet stránok 792
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure and a' that, that. What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | 1853 - Počet stránok 844
...his mind : he was the poet of chivalry, but, not less than the bard of nature, he never forgot that "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." No man ever threw a more charming radiance over the traditions of ancient times, but none ever... | |
 | 1879 - Počet stránok 474
...away from England tomorrow, the essential differences among men would appear even more strongly. < " The rank is but the guinea stamp, * The man's the gowd for a' that." If, in the morning, we were all put on the level of "When Adam delved and Eve span;" by evening,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1854 - Počet stránok 666
...mind : he was the poet of chivalry, but, not less than the bard of nature, he never forgot that — " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." No man ever threw a more charming radiance over the traditions of ancient times, but none ever... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - Počet stránok 252
...his friends, or even his acquaintances, how could he have borne to read his own two bold lines— " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that?" Besides, we know from Burns's poetry what was then the character of the people of Scotland,... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - Počet stránok 324
...the palm of manly prowess with his humblest tenantry, so far acknowledging with Robert Burns, — " The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that." Cricket forms no debasing habits : unlike the bull-fights of Spain, and the earlier sports of... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - Počet stránok 252
...his friends, or even his acquaintances, how could he have borne to read his own two bold lines — " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ? " Besides, we know from Burns's poetry what was then the character of the people of Scotland,... | |
 | James Pycroft - 1854 - Počet stránok 330
...the palm of manly prowess with his humblest tenantry, so far acknowledging with Robert Burns, — " The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that." Cricket forms no debasing habits : unlike the bull-fights of Spain, and the earlier sports of... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - Počet stránok 612
...oblivion sunk Vain titles lie, the servile badges oft Of mean submission, not the meed of worth. Thomson The rank is but the guinea stamp, . The man's the gowd, for a' that. Burnt. Our God has said That He will reign on earth ! and it is here His empire will begin ;... | |
 | 1900 - Počet stránok 352
...Pope. 10. " 'Tis education forms the common mind; Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined." 11. "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. — Burns. 12. "Some true, some light, but every one of them Stamped with the image of the King."... | |
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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, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a 
