 Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — 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...  The Port Folio - Page 3061809Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture !—is it like ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce...woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loath All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1821 - 246 pages
...and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well -bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And must of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. Tis my... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce...work, And with a wellbred whisper close the scene ! To conquer those by jocular exploits, Whom truth and soberness assail'd in vain. O Popular Applause... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like? — like whom? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again; pronounce...fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1822 - 258 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 well bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture I—Is it like?—Like whom ? The things Ibat mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." The Task, Book II. The Time-piece. Passion and Patience. I saw moreover in my dream, that the Interpreter... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1823 - 494 pages
...stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." — — " In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation." Goldsmith will tell you that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1824 - 470 pages
...grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ? — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce...woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ? — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce...woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe AU_aflectation. 'Tia my perfect scorn; Object of... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...disgust. Cowper's Tatk, b. 2. Behold the picture ! Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And then skip down again. Pronounce...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Ibid. From such apostles, oh ye mitred heads Preserve the church ; and lay not careless hands On sculls... | |
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