 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's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a  Below the surface [by sir A.H. Elton]. - Page 356by sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th bart.) - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 lehte
...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 though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddiu gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 lehte
...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 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 - 356 lehte
...pass him by; We dare be puir 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 though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin' grey and a' that ; Qi'e fools their silks, an'... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 lehte
...SHAKESPEARE. The better part of valour is discretion. King Henry IV., part 1, act v, scene 4. SHAKESPEARE. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. Is therefor honest poverty. BURNS. The cry is still, They come. Macbeth, act v, scene 5. SHAKESPEARE.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 lehte
...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 hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1855 - 344 lehte
...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.... | |
 | 1855 - 528 lehte
...gives him simply vox, etpreterea nihil. He is made to feel the truth of the couplet of Burns — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for all that." This rank, however, he takes with him into the walks of professional life, and find it his... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1856 - 526 lehte
...Brahmanical institutions. CHAPTER VI. • " -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."—BTTBNS. HAVING now disposed of the Brahmans and the Kshatriyas, our next inquiry must be into... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 lehte
...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 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... | |
 | William Maginn - 1856 - 372 lehte
...attractions. In poverty or lowly birth may be found all that may worthily inspire devoted affection — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a" that." In the very dunghill of dissipation and disgrace will be raked up occasionally a lurking pearl... | |
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