 Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a'...  The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature - Page 308edited by - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...might, For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that...it may, — As come it will for a' that, — That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, It 's... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...might, For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that...it may, — ' As come it will for a' that, — That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' ;hat ! For a' that, and a' that, It 's... | |
 | William Cooper Nell - African American soldiers - 1855 - 416 pages
...truth, — are dissipated by its rays, as the idle vapor by the bright sun. The noble sentiment — " ' Then let us pray, that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That man to man, the warld o'er, Shall brothers be, for a' that ' is rapidly spreading. The day-star of... | |
 | James Haughton - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1855 - 256 pages
...doctrines of teetotalism in their own persons, became its warmest advocates. 165 CHAPTER IX. " Then let ug pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth o'er a' the earth May bear the gree, and a' that ; For a' that and a' that, It's coming... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 506 pages
...that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that. " Then let us pray...that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o"er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that; For a' that, and a' that, It 's... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - Europe - 1856 - 488 pages
...that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that. " Then let us pray...that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that; For a' that, and a' that, It 's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 746 pages
...and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Arc higher rank 2 than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may— As come it will for a' that— That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. supremacy For a' that, and a' that,... | |
 | Daniel Wise - Husband and wife - 1856 - 174 pages
...no leveller, yet I can heartily join in the following stanza of the Scottish poet, (Burns :) — " Then let us pray, that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth o'er all the earth May bear the gree, and a' that." To have the wheels of domestic... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pages
...that ! For a' that and a' that ; Their dignities and a' that ; The pith o' sense and pride o' worth Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a' the earth May bear the gree and a' that. For a' that and a' that, It's comin'... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's... | |
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