 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 - English poetry - 1802 - 350 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... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...grace to guilty men. Behold the pifture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The 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 minutes, huddle up their work,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...piclure ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the roftrum with a fkip, And then fkip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry— hem ; and, reading what they never wrote, Juft fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whilper clofe the fcenej In man or... | |
 | John Corry - London (England) - 1804 - 230 pages
...well pourtrayed by the satirist in the following line* t . . . w .... " The things tliat 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, huddle up their work ; And with a well-bred... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...picture ! — Is it like? — Like whom? The things that mount the roftrum with a Ikip, And then Ikip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry— hem ; and reading what they never wrot« Juft fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whifper clofe the fcone? D... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 366 pages
...pifture ! — Is it like? — Like whom? The things that mount the rofirum with a ikip, And then ikip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry— hem ; and reading what they never wrot« Juft fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whifper clofe the fcene \ In... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 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 tne altar, in my soul I loath All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 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...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.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...guilty men. i ..... T Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like ivhoiu ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, ,.And then skip down again ;...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... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...attention of his hearers. He presents, in every respect, a fine contrast to ' 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 !' Few of these, whom the poet so contemptuously calls ' things,' let it be hoped, are now found within... | |
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