 I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.  Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry - Page 210edited by - 1791Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...a wise man aad a fool. Yuu'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or. cobler like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow from... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson ds ; To suit her sounding cadence to the floods , As is her theme, rest is all but leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but. leather or prunella. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 252 pages
...wise man and a fool. You'll find , if once the monarch acts the monk , Or , cobler-like , the parson will be drunk , Worth makes the man , and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunello. Stuck o'er with titles , and hung round with strings , That thou... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 86 pages
...wise man and a fool, 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather, or prunello. Stuck o'er with titles, and 'hung round with strings, 205 That... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1821 - 268 pages
...est fier de sa parure ; You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, "Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings That thou may'st... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with stnngs, That thou... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 276 pages
...a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello. [strings; But by your fathers' worth if your's you rate, Count... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...wise man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk. Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunella. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...wise man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunella. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That... | |
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