 | George Colman - Quarterly review - 1813 - 78 pages
...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
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and floods , As is her theme, her numbers wildly great : Thrice hap Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou mayst be by kings, or whores of kings.... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...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 Lucrece to Lucrece : But by your father's... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...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 Lucrece, to Lucrece : But by your father's... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 402 pages
...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 mayst be by kings, or whores of kings.... | |
 | Provinciaal Utrechts genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - 1821 - 858 pages
...wat kunst en wetenfchap heet , een' onveranderlijken afkeer gezworen hebben! Worth makes the Man and want of it the fellow. The rest is all but leather or Prunetta. POPE esfay on Men. OVKR DE WEELDE BIJ DE INWONEREN DER VEREENIGDE NEDERLANDEN, EN DERZELVER... | |
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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. 
