Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

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Robbie Burns on Johnson's honours list

Robbie Burns on Johnson's honours list

The pith o’ Sense an’ pride o’ Worth

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James Gilray 1792

From A Man’s A Man For A’ That, Robert Burns, 1795

Ye see yon birkie ca’d a lord,
Wha struts, an’ stares, an’ a’ that,
Tho’ hundreds worship at his word,
He’s but a coof for a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
His ribband, star, an’ a’ that,

The man o’ independent mind,
He looks an’ laughs at a’ that.

A Prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, …

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