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 Blackwood's Magazine - Page 381820Full view - About this book
| Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...his noble song 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... | |
| 1790 - 176 pages
...ribband, ftar, and a' that; A man of independent mind, Can look, and laugh at a' that. The king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, But an honeft man's aboon his might, Guid-faith he manna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, His dignities,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...ribband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a" that. A prince 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' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o'... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...riband, star, and a' that; The man of independent mind, 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' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense,... | |
| 1820 - 784 pages
...likely to have encouraged levelling principles, or to have underrated the authority of the princes of the earth. I mean King Lewis the XIV. of haughty...But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he miiunna fa' that." Freron tells us, that Lewis, walking one day in the garden of Versailles, with all... | |
| Henry Hunt - 1820 - 632 pages
...breeched in manhood. Burns did well describe the impotence of earthly title-makers, when he said, The King may mak a belted knight, A Marquis, Duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's abune his might, Gude faith he canna fa' that. And a Henry Hunt would succeed no better in the art... | |
| 1822 - 614 pages
...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 A TRUE METHODIST. — Take of the roots of hypocrisy,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, 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' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o'... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, 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' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith... | |
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