| Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 páginas
...drink it a' ye'll find him out Then, guidwife, &c. HONEST POVERTY. Is there for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave we pass...be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a* that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that What... | |
| Boston Burns Club (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 100 páginas
...In his life he put into action the sentiment of his fine song : Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a ' that ; The coward slave, we...poor for a ' that ! For a ' that, and a ' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a ' that.... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 páginas
...countrymen the art of being independent, though poor, when he sang — •' la there for honest poverty, Who hangs his head and a' that — The coward slave we pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that." (Applause.) And, sir, I dare not pronounce the name, or breathe the... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 páginas
...rank and the accident of wealth in their true light, preaches the kingship of man as man — " I» there for honest poverty Wha 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,... | |
| A. L. O. E. - 1860 - 294 páginas
...chain,—whether he himself be not a prisoner of Pride. CHAPTER IV. A GLANCE INTO THE COTTAGE. " Where's he for honest poverty Wha hangs his head, and a' that,...slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that" BDXNS. THE " small grey speck " just visible from the summit of Nettleby Tower, on nearer approach... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1860 - 432 páginas
...than he? Don't you remember those grand old words, Julian:— "'Lives there for honest poverty, Who hangs his head and a' that? The coward slave we pass him by, And dare be poor for a' that.'" "And yet, sir, half the distinctions of modern society rest upon accidents... | |
| John Wilson - 1861 - 236 páginas
...stalwart tiller of the soil humming what must be a verse of ISurns. " Is there for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
| 1861 - 144 páginas
...HONEST POVERTY. Is there, for honest poverty, 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 toll's obscure, and «' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp ; The man's the gowd for a' that.... | |
| George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 páginas
...recognize and feel and own a man. " Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that 1 The coward slave, we pass him by ; We dare be poor, for a' that." " The rank is but the guinea-stamp : The man's the gowd, for a' that." " A king can mak' a belted knight,... | |
| Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1861 - 290 páginas
...CHAPTER IV. A GLANCE INTO THE COTTAGE. " Where's he for honest poverty Wha hangs his head, and a' thnt, The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that." THE " small grey speck " just visible from the summit of Nettleby Tower, on nearer approach expands... | |
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