 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, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Էջ 2651839Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 էջ
...hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : f00l For a' that, and a' that, His ribbon, star, and a' that ; The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. 1 A similar thought occurs in Wycherly's Plain-Dealer, which Burns prohably •ever saw : ' I weigh... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 382 էջ
...quoted the authority of the poet Burns : — " A king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he ma'na fa' that." " It may be all true of knights, barons, and earls; but not of Mors or Mores, which... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 էջ
...quoted the authority of the poet Burns : — " A king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he ma'na fa' that." " It may be all true of knights, barons, and earls; but not of Mors or Mores, which... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 էջ
...worship at his word, He 's but a coof for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a9 that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs...king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a9 that. But an honest man 's aboon his might, For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 էջ
...and a' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a* that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith,... | |
 | 1855 - 458 էջ
...and a' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word, He 's but a coof for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that I A king Can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, But an honest man 's aboon his might,... | |
 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1855 - 344 էջ
...the late Mr. Burns, poet and exciseman, might not also be inappropriate : — " A prince can niak" a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 էջ
...flowers fall in showers, That lightly rain from ladies' hands. Tennyson's Sir Galahad. A king ean make a belted knight, . A marquis, duke, and a' that, — But an honest man's aboon his might. Burnt's Poems. These are not the romantie times So beautiful in Spenser's rhymes, So dazzling to the... | |
 | 1855 - 1130 էջ
...and a" that j Tho' humlrcils worship nt his word, lie's hut a coof tor a' that: For a' that, and a' that. His riband, star, and a' that. The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs and a' that.' But to our narrative. When Eliza and Charles entered the large and elegant drawing-room,... | |
 | William Maginn - 1855 - 392 էջ
...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 aboo his might, Gude faith he maunna fa' that." Freron tells us, that Lewis walking one day in the... | |
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