...is about such men a dignity which can never be bestowed by letters patent : — 40 THOMAS WAOHOBN. " A prince can mak" a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a" that ; But the useful man's above his might, (.iiiid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a* that, and a'...

...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...

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...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,...

...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....

...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,...

...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...

...... 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,...

...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...

...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,...