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" 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 hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a "
Essay on Burns: With the Cotter's Saturday Night and Other Poems from Burns - Page 158
by Thomas Carlyle - 1900 - 186 pages
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...a man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a that; Though hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that,...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon hirkie, ea'da lord, Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word, He's...
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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs ..., Volume 1

Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...a man for a' that: For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that,...
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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
...grey, and a' that ; Vor a5 that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : For a' that,...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that 174 FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that; Tho'...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 7-8

British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king...a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; Tho' hundreds worship at his word He's but a coof for a' that ; For a' that,...
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The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and Letters

Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...a man for a' that; For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that; Though hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : For a'...
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The Scottish Songs, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...that ; For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that, The honest man, though e'er sae puir, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; 137 For a' that, and a' that, His ribbon, star, and a' that, The man of independent...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that: The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king i •' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that...
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Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett,: Of West Tennessee

Davy Crockett, James Strange French - Hunting - 1834 - 220 pages
...pride or wealth should lend its influence ? No— " For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a" that." I fear that, for my city readers, this simple narrative will have no charms. But, to my mind, there...
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