I'll tell you, friend, a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow : The rest is all but leather or prunello. An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, to which ... - Seite 46von Alexander Pope - 1824 - 67 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Colman - 1813 - 78 Seiten
...the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Mtn, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunella.' Who, meek though mitre'd, steadfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies;... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...friend : a wise man and a fool. 206 Yon'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and...fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunello. That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings., Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 Seiten
...friend — a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cohler like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow j The rest is all but leather or prunella. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 324 Seiten
...from the lawn sleeves and square cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility. Pope says truly Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prnncllo. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
| 1817 - 590 Seiten
...of common occurrence, into the. vulgar herd ; that, in short, under this enlightened government, ' Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.' We are cautioned, however, at the same time, not to regard the literary qualifications,... | |
| George Colman - 1818 - 242 Seiten
...no respect whatever to the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Man, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunello.' Who, meek though mitre'd, stedfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies ; Or who, Want's... | |
| Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 Seiten
...you, Mend—a wise man and the fool. You'll find, if once the wise man acts the monk. Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The re&t is all but leather or prunella. Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood, Has crept thro' scoundrels... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 Seiten
...fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monareh aets the moak, Or, cohhler-like, the parson will he druok, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all hut leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles and hong round with strings, That thou may'st he hy... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...Wliat differ more," you err, " than crown and cowl!" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool. prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou mayst be by kings, or whores... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...you friend— a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and...of it the fellow ; The rest is all but. leather or prunella. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrece, to Lucrece : But... | |
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