 How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. Oh, great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once,...  The Works of Alexander Pope - Page 369by Alexander Pope - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1842 - 790 pages
...Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While SHEBLOCK, BABE, and GIBSON, preach in vain. Oh great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher...where monkeys were the gods ' But fate with butchers plae'd thy priestly stall, Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and mawl ; And bade thee live, to crown... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1846 - 320 pages
...Still hreak the henches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gihson, preach in vain. Oh great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher...and zany of thy age ! Oh worthy thou of Egypt's wise ahodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with hutchers placed thy priestly stall,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 442 pages
...preach in vain. O great restorer of the good old stage, 205 Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! O worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest,...But fate with butchers plac'd thy priestly stall, Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul; 210 Ver. 199. la ! Henley stands, $c.] Was it not disgraceful... | |
 | George Harris - Great Britain - 1847 - 582 pages
...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain, Oh great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of the age." " J. Henley, the orator. He preached upon the Sundays on theological matters, and on the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1848 - 642 pages
...Still hreak the henches, Henley ! with thj strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gihaon, preach in vain. Oh great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! Oh worthy Ihou of Egypt's wise ahodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with hutchers... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 488 pages
...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Kennet, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. 0 great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher, at once, and zany of thy age I 0 worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods 1 But fate with... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 488 pages
...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Kennet, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. 0 great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher, at once, and zany of thy age I 0 worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods I But fate with... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 524 pages
...Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Kennet, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. 0 great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher, at once, and zany of thy age ! 0 worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods I But fate with... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 334 pages
...Gibson preach in vain. O great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once and zany of the age ! O worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods." Book iii. v. 199. Pope says he had a " gilt tub," and insinuates that he sometimes got drunk. Among... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - London (England) - 1848 - 348 pages
...Gibson preach in vain. O great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once and zany of the age ! O worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods." Book iii. v. 199. Pope says he had a " gilt tub," and insinuates that he sometimes got drunk. Among... | |
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