 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...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 of worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree,... | |
 | 1829 - 348 pages
...A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that,...and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his micht, Gude faith, he inaunna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, the pride o' worth, Are higher ranks for a' that. Then let us pray, that come it may, As come it will,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his micht, Gude faith, he maunna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, the pride o' worth, Are higher ranks for a' that. Then let us pray, that come it may, As come it will,... | |
 | Maria Jane Jewsbury - Conduct of life - 1830 - 334 pages
...still," replied Cecil, quietly, and left the handsome, teazing, spoiled youth to himself. CHAPTER X. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities and a' that,...and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. BURNS. LETTER FROM MRS CARHAMPTON TO JULIA. INDEED, my dear child, I can't say but I take your silence... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...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' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...sweetest flower that deck'd the mea I, For a* that, and a' that, Now trodden like the vilest weed ; Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o" sense, and pride o' worth. Let simple maid the lesson read. The weird may be her ain, jo. Are higher ranks than a' that. ' teil... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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'...and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than 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'... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Christian life - 1833 - 142 pages
...A marquis, duke, and a' that, But an honest man's above his might, Good faith, he may not fa' that. For a' that and a' that, Their dignities and a' that, The man of independent mind Is king o' men for a' that." Yes, an honest man has the patent of his nobility... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...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'...and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that, V. Then let us pray that come it may — As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth, o'er... | |
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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, Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a 
