| James Fleming - 1863 - 404 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 gold for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray and a' that, Gie fools their... | |
| Edmund Falconer - 1863 - 178 pages
...laugh at Souter Johnnie's joke. Not his the genius hate could cramp, Proud proof of his own motto — that " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Nor need we here the cypress'd shrine, Though it beseems his travell'd fame ; Did but the bending... | |
| Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 pages
...the man for a' that." Which entirely mutilates the poet's metaphor, as expressed in the lines, — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Or as paraphrased by Thackeray, — " Marry, saith the Minnesinger, that the rank is but the... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...slave, we pass him by — We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd' for a' that. II What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, an' a* that? Gie fools their silks,... | |
| 1993 - 412 pages
...slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that an' a' that, Our toil's obscure, an' 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 hodden-grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
| Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...'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 grey, and a' that. in Gie fools their silks,... | |
| Peter B. Waite - 1994 - 366 pages
...Scotland that idea came from other origins - parish schools, Presbyterianism, oatmeal and whisky perhaps, The rank is but the guinea's stamp The Man's the gowd for a' that... There is much in Robert Burns's "The Cottar's Saturday Night" that speaks to this argument:... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...sae blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. 1808 'Fora'thatanda'that' sword, he threw away the scabbard. 2361 2377 The History of that! 1 809 'Auld Lang Syne' Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? 1810 'Auld... | |
| Christopher Williams - 1998 - 208 pages
...noble poem that celebrated the idea that human worth is not a respecter of persons, Robert Bums wrote: The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. Jack exemplifies, to my mind, the reason why the poetry of Bums will remain noble. This book... | |
| Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 438 pages
...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 on an actual sign from ancient Rome. Gunpowder... | |
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