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A prince 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.
A prince 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.
Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
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- Robert Burns
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- Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
For a' that and a' that.
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