 | 1812 - 168 pagine
...and a fool. • «• You'll find if once trie monarch acts the ntfonlc, '-'"^ " Or, «'ohl*'i--like, the parson will be drunk, " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; " The rest is «il but leather or prunello." ''' * ' IS* MAILS, COACHES, &c. ', -. .ACCOUNT' ----- ! br.tiB:'H';:i^... | |
 | George Colman - 1813 - 78 pagine
...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 pagine
...differ more (you cry) thau crown and cowl ?' I'll tell you, friend : a wise man and a fool. 206 Yon'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like,...want of it, the 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... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pagine
...than- crown and cowl?1" I'll tell you, friend ! A wise man and a fool. You'll find if once the wise man acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be...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 Ac flood;... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pagine
...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 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 prnncllo. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | 1817 - 590 pagine
...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,... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - 1818 - 322 pagine
...thaff~»bwn and1 c«wl ?* I'll tell 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...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... | |
 | George Colman - 1818 - 242 pagine
...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pagine
...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... | |
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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. 
