 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 Seiten
...The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that? Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's...that, Their tinsel show and a' that: The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares,... | |
 | Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1856 - 328 Seiten
...went out for the day, proceeded in blind haste to Mansfield Street. CHAPTER VIII. Ye see yon liirkie ca'da lord, Wha struts and stares and a' that, Though...worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that. BURNS. As Philip had prognosticated, from the regular habits of the family, before his father's door... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1856 - 492 Seiten
...fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gic fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man 'sa man for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that, The honest man, though o'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. "Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 Seiten
...man's the gowd for a" that. What though on homely fare we dine, Wear grey or brown, and a' that ; Give fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, For his tinsel show, and a' that, The honest man, though e'er so poor, Is king o' men for... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 Seiten
...hamely fare we dine, Wear hocidin' grey and a' that ; Gi'e fools their silks, an' knaves their wine,A man's a man for a' that. For a' that and a' that,...tinsel show and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er saepoor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie ca'da lord, Wha struts and stares and a' that... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 Seiten
...dare be poor for a' that ! What though on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 Seiten
...That and A' That" (1795): "What though on homely fare we dine, / Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; / Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine, / A man's a man for a' that" (lines 9-12). The street rhyme is unknown, but it has relatives; for example, "Piss a bed, / Piss a... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1991 - 366 Seiten
...The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's...tinsel show, and a' that, The honest man, though e'er sac poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts and stares, and a'... | |
 | Wolfgang Sachs - 1992 - 324 Seiten
...many forms since then. It has been used to attack the pretensions of class (as the poet Burns: 'Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine/ A man's a man for a' that.'). It has been used to attack repression. It has been used to evoke human respect; in this century it... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...that? (1. 1 -2) 14 The rank is but the guinea stamp — The man's the gowd for a' that! (1. 7-8) 25 Gie ide and shame were mingled. (1. 21-24) 14 (1. 11—12) Holy Willie's Prayer 32 O thou that in the heavens does dwell! Wha, as it pleases best... | |
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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 hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a 
