 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...bonnie blue. Is there, for honest poverty 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' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey",... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by ; We ilruir be puir for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea-stamp — The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin-grey,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 408 pages
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by ; We daur be puir for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils .obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea-stamp — The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin-grey,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...poverty, 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,...stamp ; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine. Wear hodden-gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A... | |
 | Robert Burns - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 420 pages
...knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he mauna fa' that ; For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea-stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Those who judge of the peace of mind and happiness of... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1834 - 424 pages
...you can counteract by a new moral standard of opinion — once accustom yourselves to think that " Rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ;" once learn to detach respectability from acres and rent-rolls — once learn indifference for... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...poverty, 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 stamp ; The mau's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin-grey, and a' that ; Gie fools... | |
 | 1835 - 522 pages
...his ain gude will droppit the title o' Sir ; because, said he, chantin a staff o' rantin' Robbie, ' The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that.' He was the anely son o' his father Sir Rob Max'ell, and received the last breath o' his father... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...The coward slave, 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 stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! Fot »' that, and a' that, Our toil's r. But a' the niest week as I fretted wi' care, I gaed to the tryste though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their... | |
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