 | 1824 - 706 pagine
...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' that." The mechanic has just as good a chance to shine in the best society of the world as any other... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pagine
...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' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pagine
...we pass 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,... | |
 | 1846 - 484 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1874 - 714 pagine
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagine
...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 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,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pagine
...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 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,... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pagine
...we pass 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,... | |
 | 1855 - 504 pagine
...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... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1856 - 488 pagine
...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' that. " What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks,... | |
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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's stamp; The Man 's the gowd for a 
