...that, His 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 aboou his might — Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a' that and a' that, Their dignities and a'...

...homely yet haughty strains of Scotland's poet, ' A king can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he mauna fa' that! ' MR STEELQUILL: WHAT HE IS, AND HOW HE BECAME SO. MR STEELQUILL is a ruined man! We thought a few...

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...the late Mr. Burns, poet and exciseman, might not also be inappropriate : — " A prince can niak" a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd...

...flowers fall in showers, That lightly rain from ladies' hands. Tennyson's Sir Galahad. A king ean make a belted knight, . A marquis, duke, and a' that, — But an honest man's aboon his might. Burnt's Poems. These are not the romantie times So beautiful in Spenser's rhymes, So dazzling to the...

...riband, star, and a* that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that. A king can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a* that, But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa* that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o'...

...His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a' that I A king Can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that, But an honest man 's aboon his might, For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense and...

...of the earth. I mean King Lewis the XIV. of haughty and magnificent memory. Burns says, "A king may mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboo his might, Gude faith he maunna fa' that." Freron tells us, that Lewis walking one day in the...

...following verse of the late Mr. Burns, poet and exciseman, might not also be inappropriate : — " A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke,...But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith he canna' fa' that, And a' that, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd...