 Behold the picture ! Is it like ? —Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred...  A Satirical View of London - Page 100by John Corry - 1809 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bayley (of Yorkshire.) - Anecdotes - 1824 - 392 pages
...picture ! Is it like .'—Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, Anil then skip down again ; pronounce a text; Cry — Hem ! and reading...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." COWPER. The practice of reading sermons from the pulpit is now so common, that were a minister of the... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...picture ! Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And then skip down again. Pronounce a text, Cry, hem ; and reading what...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Ibid. From such apostles, oh ye mitred heads Preserve the church ; and lay not careless hands On sculls... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem. I and reading, what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes,...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ! In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...picture!— Is Tt lik'e ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip. And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading...wrote. Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And In m; And most of all in man that ministers ha well-brtd whisper close the scene ! And serves the altar,... | |
 | John Read (maker to the army.) - 1825 - 572 pages
...described by Cowper, who " pronounce a text ; Cry, hem; and, reading what they never wrote J iisi .////// minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." There is a medium in this as in every thing else, and we are satisfied, from considerable intercourse... | |
 | 1825 - 448 pages
...gospel whispers peace. but where, The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And then skip down again ; pronounce a text, Cry hem : and reading what...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Can this strange change take place without producing some effect? will she be satisfied and contented?... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 384 pages
...picture ! Is it like ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry— Hem ! and reading...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." COWPER. The practice of reading sermons from the pulpit is now so common, that were a minister of the... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...!—Is it like ?—Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then—skip down again ? pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ? In man or woman—but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers, And serves the altar—in... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1830 - 398 pages
...— Is it like .J — Like whom ? ,The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ; and reading...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ! The following is an extract from an article published in the Commercial Advertiser. We met with it,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...— Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ! and reading...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene 1 ' In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers And serves the altar,... | |
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