 | 1824 - 706 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 - 484 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 456 oldal
...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... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1855 - 504 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 oldal
...thousands mourn. Death and Dr. Hornbook. Some wee short hour ayont the twal. Is there for honest Poverty. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that.* A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man 's aboon his might,... | |
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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 
