 | Anthony Trollope - 1871 - 569 Seiten
...with a clearness of voice and knowledge of music for which he had hitherto never given her credit. " 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." " I did not know that you... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1872 - 789 Seiten
...hundreds worship at his word, He 's but a coof for a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, ѹVP< ZR vD1 b YH *R^kF 6 j A d D T a 0i k ʜ 8s... Ҍ ]y Y镥 9 N C Խ C= + -O >! [zx e that ; But an honest mau 's aboon his might, — Guid faith, he maunna fa' that ! For a' that, and... | |
 | Garland - 1872 - 160 Seiten
...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 ! A king can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man 's aboon his might,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1973 - 486 Seiten
...his strain asserts the independence, equality, dignity, of men, as in the famous song For a' that and a' that — 'A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; 10 But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that.... | |
 | Susan Sutton Smith - 1977 - 288 Seiten
...back full a hundred year— But are they mair for a' that? For a' that and a' that, Their family trees and a' that, The man of independent mind He looks and laughs at a' that. 1 This use of Burns has the spirit of another independent mind, Adelaide Crapsey's friend and roommate,... | |
 | George Angus Fulton Knight - 1982 - 352 Seiten
...it is the man that counts, not the office. To quote that very biblically-minded poet, Robert Burns: A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke and a' that; But an honest man's aboon [above] his might. Only God could make this king love righteousness... | |
 | Susanna Moodie - 1988 - 680 Seiten
...... an' a' that"] Compare Robert Burns, "Song — For a' that and a' that — ," 1 795, II. 25-26, "A prince can mak a belted knight, / A marquis, duke, and a' that." See The Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns. Ed. James Kinsley. Vol. 2. Oxford. Clarendon Press,... | |
 | Shudha Mazumdar - 1989 - 229 Seiten
...the lines of the Scottish poet. . . . Gie fools their silks and knaves their wine A man 's man for a ' that. . . . The man of independent mind He looks and laughs at a ' that. . . . He loved English poets, and his copies of their works were copiously marked with his appreciation... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1992 - 338 Seiten
...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...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' that, and a' that,... | |
 | 1993 - 395 Seiten
...勛章授帶一大套, 白痢還是白痢@ His ribband, star, an' a' that, The man o' independent mind, He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an'... | |
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