A messenger 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 a text ; Cry — hem ! and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes,... The Task: In Six Books - Page 47by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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
...pastors are 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
...affectionate in look, And tender in addrefs, as well becomes A mefl'enger of grace to guilty men. Eehokl the 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... | |
| 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 - 1806 - 300 pages
...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like? — Like whom? The things...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
...messenger of grace to guilty men. i ..... T Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like ivhoiu ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, ,.And...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... | |
| Peter L. Courtier - Christian biography - 1809 - 392 pages
...the attention of his hearers. He presents, in every respect, a fine contrast to .,'•'• - o . ' The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work ; And, with a well-bred whisper, close the scene I' .', . . . '' . o • , • . '1 • .« Few of these, whom the poet so contemptuously calls ' things,'... | |
| Garnet Terry - 1809 - 414 pages
...occasionally commanding, the attention of his hearers. He presents, in every respect, a fine contrast to ' The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...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... | |
| 1809 - 592 pages
...Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom .' The...never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their wort, And w ith a well-bred whisper close the scene. In man or woman, but far most in man, And most... | |
| John Corry - London (England) - 1809 - 236 pages
...in the following lines: • ; " The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And thcn skip Aon n again ; pronounce a text ; Cry— -hem; and, reading...work; And with a well-bred whisper close the scene!" Yet even these fashionable and flimsey orators are pardonable, compared with the avaricious pluralist,... | |
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