 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...fool. 200 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. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of... | |
 | 1812 - 168 pages
...find if once trie monarch acts the ntfonlc, '-'"^ " Or, «'ohl*'i--like, the parson will be drunk, " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; " The rest is «il but leather or prunello." ''' * ' IS* MAILS, COACHES, &c. ', -. .ACCOUNT' ----- ! br.tiB:'H';:i^... | |
 | George Colman - Quarterly review - 1813 - 78 pages
...the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Mtn, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunella.' Who, meek though mitre'd, steadfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies; Or who, Want's... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...a fool. You'll find if once the wise man 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. Go ! if your ancient,, but ignoble blood, Has crept through scoundrels ever since Ac flood; Go ! and... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...fool. 206 Yon'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. That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings., Boast the pure blood of an illustrious... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow j The rest is all but leather or prunella. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In quiet flow from Lucrece, to Lucrece : Rut by your father's worth if yours you rate, Count me those only who were good and gn Go i if your... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...of common occurrence, into the. vulgar herd ; that, in short, under this enlightened government, ' Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.' We are cautioned, however, at the same time, not to regard the literary qualifications, which pave... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1817 - 324 pages
...from the lawn sleeves and square cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility. Pope says truly Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prnncllo. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | George Colman - 1818 - 242 pages
...no respect whatever to the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Man, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunello.' Who, meek though mitre'd, stedfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 pages
...fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monareh aets the moak, Or, cohhler-like, the parson will he druok, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all hut leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles and hong round with strings, That thou may'st he hy... | |
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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. 
