 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.  Works: Life and Letters - Page 127by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...You'll find, if once the monareh л Is the monk, Or, cobbler-like, llic parson will bedrnuk, AYurth makes the man, and want of it the fellow : The rest is all hut leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, [kings, That thon nu... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1809 - 460 pages
...to their superiors. Much good may such participa. tion do them ! They themselves know how little jt amounts to. The dignity a parson derives from the...will never endanger his humility. Pope says truly- — r• Worth makes the man, arid \rant of if the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1809 - 202 pages
...a fool. You'll find if once the wise man acts the monk, Or, eobler 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 the flood ; Go, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 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. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou mayst be by kings.or whores of kings.... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...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. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings;... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...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. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings,... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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