 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 king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an Honest Man's aboon his might : Gude...  Alice Allan, The country town, et cet - Seite 45von Alexander Wilson (novelist.) - 1825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 Seiten
...of " Honest Poverty," says — " A king may mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith, he mauna fa' that." Has the same word again the same meaning ? Some say yes, some say no. In Wood's Songs of Scotland,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 Seiten
...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, Gude 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... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 644 Seiten
...the last six months, but the creating peers and dubbing knights ? ' The king,' as Burns says, — ' The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, — ' but it would be equally unconstitutional, insulting, and false, to consider his Majesty as having... | |
 | 1822 - 614 Seiten
...favour NI with a receipt for making a True Protestant. ' . I am, your obedient servant, A UNITARIAN. The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna fa' that. — BCRNS. R*CEIPT FOR MAKING... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - 550 Seiten
...which poor Burns throws out in his random but heart-stirring manner, in ' For A' That and A' That.' The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; Bat an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that and a' that, Their... | |
 | 1828 - 608 Seiten
...illustrious citizens eminent—they hold their patents of nobility from a higher ajid purer source. " A king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that— But an honent man's aboon his might"— These remarks may be thought tedious, but they will not be... | |
 | 1829 - 348 Seiten
...which poor Burns throws out in his random but heart- stirring manner, in ' For A' That and A' That.' The king can -make a belted knight, 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 408 Seiten
...that, His ribbon, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A king can make a belted knight, A 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 356 Seiten
...that, His ribbon, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A king can make a belted knight, A 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,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1832 - 650 Seiten
...the last six months, but the creating peers and dubbing knights ? ' The king,' as Burns says, — ' The king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that,—' but it would be equally unconstitutional, insulting, and false, to consider his Majesty as having had... | |
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