 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - 1880 - 550 pàgines
...the recognition of manhood, wherever found, social life will be better. He said : " A prince can make a belted knight, 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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pàgines
...his own clear heart, and boldly dares To be, not to be thought, an honest man. Cumberland. A king may mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that;...But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he manna fa' that. For a' that and a' that, Their dignities and a' that; The pith o' sense and pride o'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1853 - 400 pàgines
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 | Fullerton - 1853 - 340 pàgines
...al mondo Che nato In nobil cor» Sol frutti di virt,i Produce amore." CHAPTER X. "A prince can make a belted knight, 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... | |
 | 1854 - 356 pàgines
...men for a' that. Te see yon birkie ca'da lord, Wha struts and stares and 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 prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboou his might... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pàgines
...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 1 A king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man 's aboon his might,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pàgines
...Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that : For a' that, and a' that, His ribbon, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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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 
