 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd — I'll tell a tale — B. Agreed. P. Where Ixmdon's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies; 340 There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name j Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...A knotty point ! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd — I'll tell a tale. — B. Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; 340 There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Giuseppe Baretti - Italian literature - 1813 - 446 pages
...que' tempi, cosicchè il poeta Pope; parlando di qu«l monumi,nto no» ebbe difficoltà di dire „ Where London's Column pointing at the Skies Like a tall Bully lifts the head and lies. Cioè dove la colonna di Londra additando le stelle, alza la testa come un Rodomontaccio, e mentisce,... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1815 - 408 pages
...article of regicides I add, that * Pope, indeed, has contradicted the calumny in his energetic verse, Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies. In spite of which, the column is still allowed to disgrace the first city in the world, though it totters,... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 614 pages
...lay not that flatteriu;r unction to your soul, if you happen to be walking down Fish-street Hill — Where London's column pointing at the skies Like a tall bully lifts the head — and lies ; for you cannot fail to recollect that the inscription upon its front once presented an exact pendant... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...reward ? A knotty point ! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd — I'll tell a tale S. Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...A knotty point ! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd — I'll tell a tale — B. Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; 340 There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...336 A knotty point ! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd— I'll tell a tale— B. Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; 340 There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...knotty point! to which we now proceed. But you are tired—I'll tell a tale.—B. Agreed. P. W here London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...to which we now proceed. But you are tired—I'll tell a tale.—B. Agreed. P. Where London'scolumn, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
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There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual, frugal, and so forth; His word would pass for more than he was worth. 
