 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 684 pages
...pass him by, For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, SCRAP No. V. We dare be poor for a' that: And a' that; The rank is but The guinea's stamp, The MAN'S the gowd for a' that. ii. What! though On homely fare we dine, Wear hodden grey, And a" that; Give fools their silks,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1837 - 690 pages
...attractions. In poverty or lowly birth may be found all that may worthily inspire devoted affection.— " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." In the very dunghill of dissipation and disgrace will be raked up occasionally a lurking pearl... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave, we pass him hy, We dare he poor for a' that ! leep Doth, in my estimate of good, appear A hetter guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! Fot »' how, the jad ! I could bear her. But a' the niest week as I fretted wi guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray,... | |
 | 1842 - 650 pages
...truth in that fine, sturdy, plebeian line which he has so often heard quoted, but never before felt: "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd, for a' that !" England's " upper classes" have too long scorned to believe that men were men ; her "lower"... | |
 | 1839 - 880 pages
...? The coward slave we pass him by, And 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 and a' that ? Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...A morquU, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might. Guid faith he maunna fa' 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 !" Those who judge of the peace of mind and happiness... | |
 | Frances Harriet Green - 1842 - 228 pages
...tears of childhood, or early youth, which have less of sorrow in them, than of hope. CHAPTER II. " For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure and a'...The rank is but the guinea's stamp, THE MAN'S THE GOLD for a' that. " BURNS. NOT many days after the scene alluded to in the last chapter, two boys met... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...by, " Is there for honest poverty And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that nnd 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 gray, and a' that? Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...that? The coward slave we pass him by, And 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 gray, and a' that 1 Gie fools their silks,... | |
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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 
