 | Boston Burns Club (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 100 pages
...song : 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...is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a ' that. All the primal sympathies of the human soul recognize the power, the charm, of a character... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 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, and knaves... | |
 | Peter B. Waite - Education - 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 - Reference - 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 - Philosophy - 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 - Humor - 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... | |
 | Euripides - Drama - 2000 - 238 pages
...establishing the relationship between internal truth and external show. Cf. Robert Rurns, l:or a* thai and a' that: The rank is but the guinea's stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that! 387-8 It was i . . . destroged him: Paris had caused the Trojan War by abducting Helen, the queen... | |
 | John Sitter - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 322 pages
...poor: Is there, for honest Poverty That hings 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 toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What... | |
 | Philip R. Davies, Alastair G. Hunter - Religion - 2002 - 506 pages
...status. Words from Robert Burns fit his namesake well: For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.' Robert Carroll was true 'gowd' (gold), a man of parts who found time to give support to countless... | |
 | Stuart Christie - Anarchism - 2002 - 266 pages
...coward 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 gowdfor a' that. ** 'Bruce's Address to his army at Bannockburn' 'Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,... | |
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