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 man's the gowd for a The Genius and Character of Burns - Page 189by John Wilson - 1845 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
| England - 1844 - 826 pages
...dignity of the human soul, because he has never forgotten that amidst all the distinctions of time, " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Because he has regarded himself as the high-priest of Nature, and the world which we inhabit... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 - 796 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! Fot »' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure and a' that, eek as I fretted wi' care, I gaed to the tryste that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...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... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 pages
...even Burns himself — who forced us more intimately to acknowledge, or more deeply to feel, that " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd, for a' that." And is this being, to whom intellect taught philanthropy, to be judged by ordinary rules? —... | |
| John Bright - Australia - 1841 - 228 pages
...displays as much sense in his shark'stooth ear-ring, as our fairest beauty with her golden drops— " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." A Judge, Attorney and Solicitor Generals, and other officers, are gone from England; the Bishop... | |
| England - 1844 - 828 pages
...dignity of the human soul, because he has never forgotten that amidst all the distinctions of time, " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Because he has regarded himself as the high-priest of Nature, and the world which we inhabit... | |
| 1844 - 878 pages
...bend every way, and debases the stamp he bears.' Everybody will remember the passage in Burns — ' The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.' It is most unlikely that Burns ever read Wycherley. Still, it is possible; and we therefore... | |
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