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" He went to church but once a week ; Yet Dr. Poundtext always found him An upright man, who studied Greek, And liked to see his friends around him. Asylums, hospitals, and schools, He used to swear were made to cozen ; All who subscribed to them were fools,... "
A selection from the works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, ed. by sir G. Young - Page 22
by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1885
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The American Farmer

John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 pages
...double ale, and feelings, Hi- partners at the whist club said, That he was faultless in his dealingsHe went to church but once a week; Yet Dr. Poundtext...studied Greek, And liked to see his friends around himAsylums, Hospitals, and Schools, He used to swear were made to cozca; All who subscribed to them...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...claret and his head, Warm were his double ale and feelings; His partners at the whist-club said That he was faultless in his dealings. He went to church but...subscribed to them were fools — And he subscribed to half a dozen. It was his doctrine that the poor Were always able, never willing; And so the beggar...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...and his head ; Warm was his double ale and feelings — His partners at the whist club said, That he was faultless in his dealings — He went to church...subscribed to them were fools, And he subscribed to half a dozen ; It was his doctrine that the poor Were always able, never willing ; And so the beggar...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 89

American periodicals - 1866 - 924 pages
...carriage, And laughed, ami loved a quiet life, And shrank from Chancery suits — and marriage.' Again : ' Asylums, hospitals, and schools, He used to swear,...subscribed to them were fools, — And he subscribed to half a dozen : It was his doctrine, that the poor Were always able, never willing ; And so the beggar...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...partners at the whist-club said That he was faultless in his dealings. He went to church but once a-week, Yet Dr. Poundtext always found him An upright man,...to see his friends around him. Asylums, hospitals anjd schools He used to swear were made to cozen; All who subscribed to them were fools— • It was...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - English poetry - 1860 - 336 pages
...and his head; Warm were his double ale and feelings— His partners at the whist club said, That he was faultless in his dealings— He went to church...Asylums, hospitals, and schools, He used to swear w«re made to cozen ; All who subscribed to them were fools, And he subscribed to half a dozen; It...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 1

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 436 pages
...and Ms head ; Warm was his double ale — and feelings ; His partners at the whist club said, That he was faultless in his dealings — He went to church...subscribed to them were fools, And he subscribed to half a dozen •, It was his doctrine that the poor Were always able, never willing ; And so the beggar...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 2

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1865 - 444 pages
...and his head; Warm was his double ale—and feelings; His partners at the whist club said, That he was faultless in his dealings— He went to church...subscribed to them were fools, And he subscribed to half a dozen ; It was his doctrine that the poor Were always able, never willing; And so the beggar...
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Controversial letters

William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 394 pages
...so fond of Quince, and would never have thought of telling him he had not been " born again," — " He went to church but once a week ; Yet Dr Poundtext always found him An honest man, who studied Greek, And liked to have hia friends around him ;" or again, the Mr Gilfil...
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Controversial letters

William Brighty Rands - 1865 - 380 pages
...so fond of Quince, and would never have thought of telling him he had not been " born again," — " He went to church but once a week ; Yet Dr Poundtext always found him An honest man, who studied Greek, And liked to have his friends around him ;" or again, the Mr Gilfil...
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