 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 554 pagina’s
...their qualities, —by what they were, rather than by what they were called. He felt, as Burns did, that — " The rank is but the guinea stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that." And accordingly, in thUt wonderful gallery of portraits, the prologue to the " Canterbury Tales, 5 ' we... | |
 | George Bruce - 1876 - 642 pagina’s
...As for birth, all men are descended from Adam and Eve." — .Sir W. Scott, in " Quentin Durward." " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." — Burn*. TT^UPHEME, come unto my Muse -1— ^ And aid her right a theme to choose, Nor let... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 pagina’s
...still a cloudy day." "A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT." Moore has noticed that Burns' famous lines, — " The rank is but the guinea stamp, «,. The man's the gowd for a' that," may possibly have been suggested by the following passage in Wycherley's play of "The Plain... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière - 1876 - 504 pagina’s
...to be like them ; and the lustre which their actions reflect upon us, demands 2* Burns also says " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." that we should do them like honour, follow in their footsteps, and not degenerate from their... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1876 - 432 pagina’s
...you can counteract by a new moral standard of opinion — once accustom yourselves to think that " Rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that; " once learn to detach respectability from acres and rent-rolls — once learn indifference for... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pagina’s
...oblivion sunk Vain titles lie, the servile badges oft Of mean submission, not the meed of worth. Thomson. . Shall folly labour hard to mend the bow, While Nature is r that. — Burns. 3358. TO-DAY. Crisis of THE crisis of man's destiny is now, a still recurring danger... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 358 pagina’s
...we pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | 1927 - 490 pagina’s
...coward-slave, we pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that; For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea stamp; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | 1924 - 298 pagina’s
...the British, have built their governmental polity on the principles so happily expressed by Burns: "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." But the American people did not any more than the British spring full panoplied in the robes... | |
 | 1922 - 1180 pagina’s
...make their own market. No magic letters appended to their names will guarantee professional success. The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the gowd for a' that. It will be found that true success in life depends more on heart and character than on attainments.... | |
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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 a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a 
