 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - English fiction - 1841 - 232 pages
...really— The man who hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit; Is such a friend, that one had need Be very...much his friend, indeed, To pardon, or to bear it; and truly I have suffered so severely from his brusqueries in this way that it has opened my eyes to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...gilding. The man that hails you Tom or Jack And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd. First fixes our attention : So manners decent... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Great Britain - 1842 - 206 pages
...rules. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, — that one had need Be...very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue herself would... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 212 pages
...rules. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, — that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to hear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - Constitutional law - 1842 - 212 pages
...or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, IB sut-lt a friend,—that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue herself would... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - 406 pages
...So manners, decent and polite, The same we practised at first sight, Must save it from declension. The man who hails you Tom — or Jack, And proves...very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower, Unpleasant and ungrateful.... | |
 | Samuel P. NEWMAN - English language - 1843 - 322 pages
...close, is a perplexing enigma. To such a letter, the lines of Cowper may be applied ; " One had need _i Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." It may be added that the man who can write better, is thus doing injustice to himself. An improper... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...was " How dost do ?" with a thump on the back or shoulder : on which the amiable Cowper observes : " The man who hails you, Tom or Jack And proves, by...sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend that one has need, Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." The following were their rules... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...large', How fiercely will they meet' and charge ! No combatants are stiffer. 13. The man who hails vou Tom, or Jack', And proves by thumping on your back'...much his friend indeed', To pardon', or to bear it. 14. Some friends make thisv their prudent plan — Say little, and hear all you can*; — Safe policy,... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...was " How dost do ?" with a thump on the back or shoulder : on which the amiable Co\vper observes : " The man who hails you, Tom or Jack And proves, by...sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend that one has need, Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." The following were their rules... | |
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The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. 
