 Our toils obscure an' 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, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a  Contributions to Herography - Pagina 19di Erastus Darrow - 1850 - 101 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 738 pagine
...last long, but it showed them what they could do. "What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that!" Life at college on such a scale as this lacks polish, but may contain power. The labors which James... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pagine
...guinea's stamp, The man's tho gowd for a' that ! What though on hamcly fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray,1 at wake to bring News of birds and blossoming, Sudden, thy shadow fell on me : I shri ! 1 Coarse woollen cloth. For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that : The honest man,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1881 - 698 pagine
...last long, but it showed them what they could do. "What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that!" Life at college on such a scale as this lacks polish, but may contain power. The labors which James... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pagine
...and a' that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their win&, A man's a man for a' that ; THE DIFFICULTY Of PLEASING. 23 For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pagine
...formed a correcter estimate : What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a' that ? . Ole $1%1 ( 4( w/ There is another advice which we would fain give yon, though it may be regarded as of a somewhat equivocal... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pagine
...out, We touch the spring, and wind them at our pleasure. H. Brooke, Gustavus Vasa. What tho' on homely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, and a' that ? Gie fools their silk, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that. Burns, Honest Poverty. All flesh is grass,... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 906 pagine
...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 their wineA man 'sa man for a' that. For a' that, and a' that. Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest... | |
 | 1882 - 578 pagine
...guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddeii gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a uiau for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show and a' that; The honest man though e'er... | |
 | Ralph Knight - 1959 - 246 pagine
...a' that. gold What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that? coarse grey woollen Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine— A man's a man for a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, Their tinsel show, an' a' that, The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is long o' men for... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 pagine
...Burns's poem "For A' That and A' That" (1795): "What though on homely fare we dine, / Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; / Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine, / A man's a man for a' that" (lines 9-12). The street rhyme is unknown, but it has relatives; for example, "Piss a bed, / Piss a... | |
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