 | William Cowper - 1835 - 382 pagine
...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 prunella. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pagine
...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 prunella.' " Again — ' Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | 1835 - 596 pagine
...lawn sleeves and square cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility, " Pope savs truly — ' Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.' " Again — ' Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pagine
...fool. 200 You '11 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 prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, 205 That thou mayst be by kings, or... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1835 - 270 pagine
...a 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 rest is all but leather or prunella. Go! if your ancient, but ignoble blood, Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 390 pagine
...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 prunello. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes, held out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 400 pagine
...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 prunello. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes, held out... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 332 pagine
...fool. 20O 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 prunells. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pagine
...lawn sleeves and square cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility. 7. Pope says truly — Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella. •yr ,1. " • • i> Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 486 pagine
...was so full of the opposite conviction, that he has even written a bad couplet to express it: — " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow : The rest is all but leather and prunella." Those lines in Cowper also must sound very puerile or old-fashioned to courtly ears... | |
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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 prunella. 
