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The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including ... - Page 217
by Robert Burns - 1806
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The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary ...

Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...his noble song of " Honest Poverty," says — " A king may mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith, he mauna fa' that." Has the same word again the same meaning ? Some say yes, some say no. In Wood's Songs of Scotland,...
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The Musical Banquet of Choice Songs

Ballads, English - 1790 - 176 pages
...His ribband, ftar, and a' that; A man of independent mind, Can look, and laugh at a' that. The king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, But an honeft man's aboon his might, Guid-faith he manna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, His dignities,...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 30

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1800 - 614 pages
...that, His ribband, ftar, and a* that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. ' A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a* thar ; But an honeft man's aboon his might, Glide faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that,...
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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs ..., Volume 1

Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...a' that, His riband, star, and a' that; The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 6

England - 1820 - 774 pages
...of the earth. I mean King Lewis the XIV. of haughty and magnificent memory. Burns says, " A king may mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that...But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he maunna fa' that." Freron tells us, that Lewis, walking one day in the garden of Versailles, with all...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 46

England - 1839 - 870 pages
...riband, star, and a' that ; Tho man of independent minel, He looks and laughs at a' that. " A king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he maunna fa that t For a' that and a' that, Their dignities, aml a' that ; The pith o'...
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To the Radical reformers, male and female, of England, Ireland, and Scotland ...

Henry Hunt - Great Britain - 1820 - 632 pages
...manhood. Burns did well describe the impotence of earthly title-makers, when he said, The King may mak a belted knight, A Marquis, Duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's abune his might, Gude faith he canna fa' that. And a Henry Hunt would succeed no better in the art...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o'...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 38

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke,...and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o'...
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The Rambler's Magazine: Or, Fashionable Emporium of Polite ..., Volume 1

1822 - 614 pages
...receipt for making a True Protestant. ' . I am, your obedient servant, A UNITARIAN. The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna fa' that. — BCRNS. R*CEIPT FOR MAKING A TRUE METHODIST. — Take of the roots of hypocrisy,...
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