 | 1824 - 706 sider
...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's stamp, — The man 's the gowd for a' that." The mechanic has just as good a chance to shine in the best society of the world as any other man,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 sider
...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's stamp ; The man 's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | 1846 - 436 sider
...him by, We dare he poor for a' that ! For a' 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... | |
 | 1846 - 484 sider
...never ceasing, ever varying, of the pedestrian ! Jfuaa pedestris ! EXCELLENCE INDEPENDENT OF RANK. " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that." IT is related of Richard Savage, that in his youth he expressed a contempt for the middle class of... | |
 | 1874 - 714 sider
...WAC, and caused some confusion. What Massinger really says is in effect just what Burns says : — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that" T. MACGRATH. NOTES ON BOOKS, Ac. The Letten and the Life of Francis Bacon. Including all his Occasional... | |
 | 1854 - 456 sider
...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 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... | |
 | 1855 - 504 sider
...anticipated, also, the idea contained in that famous couplet which was never read without a thrill : — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that." ting to the diamond, &c. ; and he sums up with a simile which the reader will perceive is exactly equivalent... | |
 | 1855 - 458 sider
...him hy, 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 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... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1855 - 444 sider
...institutions which sustained such ideas have fallen to pieces. It is understood, even in Europe, that " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that, A man 'sa man for a' that." And being such, has a claim on this earth for something better than the... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 sider
...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 stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
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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 
