| Ballads, English - 1790 - 176 pages
...BURNS. IS there for honeft poverty, Wha hangs his head and a' that, The coward flave we pafs him by, And dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obfeure and a' that, The rank la but the guinea-ftamp, The man's the goud for a' that. What though... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...rhyme. FOR FOR A' 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...Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What thoagh on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 614 pages
...of man. 4 Is there, for honeft poverty That hangs his head, and a* that j The coward-flave, we pafs him, by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a* that, and a' that, Our mils obfcure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's ft amp, The man's thtf gowd for a' that. 1... | |
| Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...rhyme. FOR FOR A' 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' 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... | |
| James A. Maitland - 1816 - 330 pages
...WATCHMAN'S FAMILY. "Is there, for honest poverty, That bangs his head, and a* that ? The coward slave ! we pass him by — We dare be poor for a' that. For...Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the goud for a' that.'' — BURNS. THE faint glimmer of the cold grey dawn... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 468 pages
...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' 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... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...poverty, The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! R3 That hangs his head, and 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 tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...awa. FOR JT THAT AMD 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' 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... | |
| 1824 - 706 pages
...Burns, when he wrote : " Is there for honest poverty Wha' hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave we pass him by; We dare be poor for a' that, For a'...Our toils obscure and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, — The man 's the gowd for a' that." The mechanic has just as good a chance to shine... | |
| Christian life - 1884 - 398 pages
...at heart. To separate the word into its two parts, they were gentle men. As Robert Burns says — " 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." Let us add, however, that nothing makes a man a gentleman... | |
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