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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. "
A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious ... - Page 287
by Juvenal, Martin Madan - 1829
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Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1835 - 270 pages
...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 the flood ; Go ! and...
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The Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 13

1835 - 616 pages
...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 prunella.' " Again — ' Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes, held...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 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 strings, 205 That thou mayst be by kings, or whores of...
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The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783

William Cowper - 1835 - 480 pages
...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 prunello. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1836 - 602 pages
...cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility. 7. Pope says truly — Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella. •yr ,1. " • • i> Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded...
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The Works of William Cowper, Esq: Comprising His Poems ..., Volume 4

William Cowper - 1836 - 400 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 prunello. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,...
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Letters

William Cowper - 1836 - 390 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 prunello. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., to which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 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 prunells. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores...
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An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes ...

John Bellenden Ker - English language - 1840 - 330 pages
...sign'd to a deed of shame, ' This murder had not come into my mind."Shakesp. ' Worth makes the man and want of it the FELLOW, ' The rest is all but leather or prunello." Pope. ' And eke I counsaile The i-wis ' The God of Love wholly to forgete, ' That hath The...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 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. 2. Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race. In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece : But by your...
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