...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 toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that! gold homely What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear...

...He will at once show that he is well aware of the truth, by answering us in the language of Burns, that " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a1 that." This is but one instance of a thousand which may be cited of the ingrafted hold which the...

...which lias the strongest interest for his mind — that to him, as to a later poet and another age, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. If Milton had written his contemplated drama — unless perchance in that season of his ' sweet...

...only test of rural improvements or the sole inducement to agricultural labors. Burns has said: — " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that," and it needs very little reflection to see that in those two lines the history of the world...

...verses : ' The rank ' — that is, the condition, external and adventitious, whether high or low — ' The rank is but the guinea stamp : The MAN'S the gowd for a' that ! ' We have now come to the end of that portion of Elliott's life on which some light is thrown...

...wearisome malady. — Li ROCHEFOUCAULD : MOJC. 285. The king ean make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, — * * * The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. — B truss. I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp ean make the metal better...

...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 toils obscure, and a* that, The rank is but the guinea-stamp ; The man 's the gowd for a' that." Another notion of manliness, equalling these in ita...

...beautified the rough bye- ways of labour with the flowers of song, and, better still, who have shown us that " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." We cannot close this sketch with more appropriate words than those of our own country's peasant...

...and intellect, and simultaneously his contempt for the aristocracy of birth and wealth deepened — "The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." In his estimation the "guinea stamp" of genius was more genuine, and the gold more pure, than...

...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 toils obscure,...stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A...