 | 1852 - 518 pages
...mere pretension. If a physician is not respected, you may depend upon it, it is his own fault : — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." The author says, " Legislation cannot avail even were the legislators willing to assist us.''... | |
 | 1852 - 634 pages
...Thus, while it is undoubtedly true that a literal prose translation of two such lines as these: — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that," would be miserably jejune as compared with the original ; the advocate of a prose translation... | |
 | Camilla Crosland - 1853 - 440 pages
...can make the peasant equal or superior to the prince, or as Burns in his own rich coinage hath it, " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." And it is because there is true happiness to be found in every station, that it is so great... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 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 toil's obscure, and...but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that? Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pages
...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 hoddiu gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
 | 1854 - 356 pages
...? The coward-slave, we pass him by; We dare be puir 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 hoddin' grey and a' that ; Qi'e fools their silks, an'... | |
 | 1854 - 456 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's stamp, The man 's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie... | |
 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1855 - 344 pages
...duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Another pyramid might be becomingly erected on the spot where Mr. Mather was cut down at Florence.... | |
 | Max Maretzek - 1855 - 370 pages
...That hangs its head, and a' that ? The coward slave ! we pass him by — And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank ia but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that" BURNS. THE faint glimmer of the cold gray... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 pages
...SHAKESPEARE. The better part of valour is discretion. King Henry IV., part 1, act v, scene 4. SHAKESPEARE. The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. Is therefor honest poverty. BURNS. The cry is still, They come. Macbeth, act v, scene 5. SHAKESPEARE.... | |
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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 
