 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...impeach, If she can tell what part of speech Gentility belongs to. Without one speech of wit refin'd Without one beauty of the mind, Genius or education...gentry rule the toast, Turns patience to vexation. Amidst the rubbish of the earth, Should real genius, mental worth, The aid of science lend you ; You... | |
 | Charles William Everest - American literature - 1844 - 480 pages
...impeach, If she can tell what part of speech Gentility belongs to. Without one spark of wit refined, Without one beauty of the mind, Genius or education,...family, or fame to boast— To see such gentry rule the roast, Turns patience to vexation. To clear such rubbish from the earth, Though real genius—mental... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...impeach, If she can tell what part of speech Gentility belongs to. Without one spark of wit refined — Without one beauty of the mind — Genius or education,...or fame to boast ; — To see such gentry rule the roast, Turns patience to vexation. To clear such rubbish from the earth, — Though real genius, mental... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Humorous recitations - 1858 - 422 pages
...mind — Genius or education, — Of family or fame to boast; — To see such gentry rule the roast, Turns patience to vexation. To clear such rubbish from the earth, — Though real genius, mental worth, And science do attend you, — You might as well the sty refine, Or cast your pearls before... | |
 | Charles William Everest - American literature - 1860 - 484 pages
...impeach, If she can tell what part of speech Gentility belongs to. Without one spark of wit refined, Without one beauty of the mind, Genius or education,...family, or fame to boast — To see such gentry rule the roast, Turns patience to vexation. To clear such rubbish from the earth, Though real genius — mental... | |
| |
... find the brain-pan of his head As empty as a bellows. Miss FADDLE, lately from the wheel, Begins quite lady-like to feel, And talks affectedly genteel, And sings some tasty songs, too ; But my veracity impeach, If she can tell what part of speech... 