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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs, selected from ... - Page 198
by Scottish songs - 1816
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Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of Robert Burns

James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 pages
...ay, the majesty of manhood. The words form part of the proverbe of our common English tongue — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that-" Would it be believed that this song, perhaps the best known of our poet's writings, was nut...
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Rival rhymes, in honour of Burns, collected and ed. by Ben Trovato

Samuel Lover - Parodies - 1859 - 160 pages
...will ; But dearest all to me Was thy love of Liberty, And the action, ever free, Of thy will. « " The rank is but the guinea's stamp— the man's the gow'd for a' that.' XII. Such joy my own heart knew, When it dwelt in mortal shrine, As it interwoven grew Into...
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Discourses in Memory of Robert Waterston

Ezra Stiles Gannett - Memorial service - 1859 - 78 pages
...were to him as vanities ; and he would often repeat the lines of his favorite " Robbie Burns," — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." His tastes were simple and pure, and therefore inexpensive. Habits thus formed while young were...
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The Dial, Volume 1

Moncure Daniel Conway - American periodicals - 1860 - 794 pages
...the king's stamp can make the metal better." Or, if our readers prefer Burns' later version of it, " The rank is but the guinea's stamp — • The man's the gowd for a' that." We could not. however, help, on reading the account of the Sampsons — Jews selected by Lady...
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Below the surface [by sir A.H. Elton].

sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th bart.) - 1860 - 418 pages
...an' a' that — ' Oh dear, my memory's like a sieve ! Stop, I have it ! (in a rollicking voice) — ' The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! ' " The Hon. Jacques Delafield (starting to his feet with the aid of his gold-headed cane)....
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Poems of Manhood ...

American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...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. What though on hnraely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gic fools their silks, and knaves their...
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Ceremonies by the Bunker Hill Monument Association, on the Displaying of the ...

Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1892 - 66 pages
...can honor worth wherever found, without compromising their political principles, believing with Burns that — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." It is my duty, in behalf of the Standing Committee, to report to you that the Monument and the...
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Harvard Magazine, Volume 8

1862 - 364 pages
...streets so low and ignorant, but if you taunt him for his rags and dirt, will say with Burns, — " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Many a grief-stricken, despairing heart has been comforted by these lines, and many a burden,...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 714 pages
...may conclude that he acquired, cherished and honored the glorious sentiment of Robert Burns: " Tbe rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd, for a' that." Mr. President, you have referred, in eloquent terms, to Kent as a lawyer and a judge; others...
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Memories: The Bequest of My Boyhood. Poems ...

Edmund Falconer - English poetry - 1863 - 178 pages
...laugh at Souter Johnnie's joke. Not his the genius hate could cramp, Proud proof of his own motto — that " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Nor need we here the cypress'd shrine, Though it beseems his travell'd fame ; Did but the bending...
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