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" Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text; Cry — hem; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene... "
Poems; to which is prefixed a memoir of the author by J. M'Diarmid - Page 281
by William Cowper - 1837 - 514 pages
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again; pronounce a text; Cry — hem : and, reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loath » All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust. What! — will a...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again; pronounce a text ; (TV — hem ; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whimper close the scene! In man or woman, but far most in mnn, And most of all in man that ministers...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and, reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loath All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust. . What ! — will a...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; 410 Cry — hem ; and, reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...most in man, And most of all in man that ministers 415 And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affeftation 'Tis my perfeft scorn ; Objeft of my...
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A Satirical View of London; Or, A Descriptive Sketch of the English ...

John Corry - London (England) - 1804 - 230 pages
...mount the rostrum with a skip, •, And then skip down again; pronounce a text ; . Cry — hem ; *nd reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes,...work ; And with a well-bred whisper close the scene I" Yet even these fashionable and flimsy orators are pardonable, compared with the avaricious pluralist,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...man. And most of all in man that ministers And serves tne altar, in my soul I loath All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text; Cry — hem; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...whisper close the scene! In man or woman, but far most iu man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loath All affectation....
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...things that mount the rostrum with a skip, ,.And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, ., , And with a wellhred whisper close the scene 1 -,:.-i - .„. inn.'. In man or woman, hut far most in man, And...
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The Port Folio, Volume 1

Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 588 pages
...whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip. And then skip down again. Pronounce a text, Cry, hem ; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen...woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that mmisters And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object...
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The pulpit; or, A biographical and literary account of eminent ..., Volume 1

Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text, Cry — ' hem !' and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen...work ; And, with a well-bred whisper, close the scene !' Few of these, whom the poet so contemptuously calls ' things,' let it be hoped, are now found within...
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