 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...A ' That and A ' That 23 Is there for honest poverty That hings his head, and a' that? (1. 1 -2) 14 d the little boy Her childish favour singled: His cap pulled l that! (1. 7-8) 25 Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine — A man's a man for a' that! (1. 11—12)... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...hings his head, and a' that; 'I"hc coward-slave, we pass him by. We dare be poor for a' that! Fora' 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 namely fare we dine. Wear hoddin... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Journalism - 1995 - 246 pages
...the institutions which sustained such ideas have fallen to pieces; it is understood, even in Europe, that "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." "A man's a man for a' that." And being such, has a claim on this earth for something better... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - Humor - 2010 - 438 pages
..."Tenacity" in D. Guinea ] AB parodies "For A' That and A' That" (1794) by Robert Burns (1759-96) : 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. Guinea-pig ] Cave canem means "Beware of dog," found... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - American literature - 2000 - 548 pages
...the institutions which sustained such ideas have fallen to pieces; it is understood, even in Europe, that "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." "A man's a man for a' that;"i And being such, has a claim on this earth for something berter... | |
 | John Sitter - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 322 pages
...Poverty That hings 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' that. What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 394 pages
...world's dread ' laugh ' ; in the sturdy self-assertion of Burns, the honest faith of the peasant bard, that ' The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that !' In Ben Jonson it gave character to the whole man. Goldsmith and Chatterton, Hogg and Hugh Miller,... | |
 | 532 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 ; " What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
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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' that ! For a 
