And if he is next to the title, Maria, what's that to us ? We ain't members of a bloated aristocracy. I hope me and mine reckon such distinctions at their proper value. " The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the man, for a Lizzie - Page 239by lady Mary Anne Hardy - 1875Full view - About this book
| Museum and English journal of education - 1863 - 576 pages
...by a year; and he oftener than once misquotes Burns. He says that Chaucer felt as Burns did, that " The rank is but the guinea stamp. The man's the man for a' that." Which entirely mutilates the poet's metaphor, as expressed in the lines, — " The rank is but the... | |
| 1863 - 494 pages
...sign-manual to mark off one family as created for dominion. God made of one blood all nations of men. " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the man for a' that." If none were formed expressly for rule, have not all a claim to be recognized as potential rulers,... | |
| 1879 - 556 pages
...that Minerva was more gracious to such a Pater and his family than to others. Oh ! no ! " The gowd is but the guinea stamp, the man's the man for a' that." I only leave a wide margin, and allow my readers to draw their own inference. Well, " there was washing... | |
| Elizabeth L. Banks - Americans - 1895 - 232 pages
...birthright, and when anyone inquires into the details of my forbears, I put them off with the quotation : " ' The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the man for a' that.' " The place indicated was in one of the suburbs of London, and I called twice at the address before... | |
| Ronald Campbell Macfie - Biology - 1912 - 320 pages
...the real fixed quantity. radal yalue Qf tfae gern>plasm will remain more or less a fixed quantity. " The rank is but the guinea stamp, the man's the man for a' that." We may decorate or neglect our minds, but " there's a divinity that shapes our ends, R lati e rough-hew... | |
| 1926 - 834 pages
...aristocratic sentiments we are always reminded of the writings of the poet Burns in which he said, "The goud is but the guinea stamp, the man's the man for a' that." It is sufficient to know that George Soule was a man of self-reliant character and moral worth and... | |
| John Henry Muirhead - Philosophy - 1928 - 214 pages
...than themselves." When we think of all this, we might even be inclined to say that his literary name is but the guinea stamp, "the man's the man for a' that." At any rate, it is Sir Walter Scott the man that, if I were calling for a "Recht guid williewaught,"... | |
| John Henry Muirhead - Philosophy - 1928 - 216 pages
...than themselves." When we think of all this, we might even be inclined to say that his literary name is but the guinea stamp, "the man's the man for a' that." At any rate, it is Sir Walter Scott the man that, if I were calling for a "Recht guid williewaught,"... | |
| Universities and colleges - 1891 - 542 pages
...character, and tradition tells of dozens of others. In the old, old words of Robert Burns, we say " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the man for a'that," The course in biology is so new in the college curriculum that those who have not elected... | |
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