 | Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1868 - 366 pages
...hands ; How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said nor sungl Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain,...restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and Xuny of thy age! * It will surprise when I declare that this buffoon was an indefatigable student,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...::•: How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson4 preach in vain. Oh great Restorer of the good old Stage, x; Preacher at once, and Zany of thy... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1872 - 664 pages
...Dunciad feathers him with his poisoned arrows, every one sent full and straight at the noisy impostor. Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain ; О worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest where monkeys were the gods ; But fate with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 pages
...hands. 200 How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson 3 preach in vain. 1 ' Wormius hight : ' let not this name, purely fictitious, be conceited to mean... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1873 - 590 pages
...strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson4 preach in vain. Oh great Restorer of the good old Stage, 205 Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age! Oh worthy thou of ./Egypt s wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods! But fate with butchers placed... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach. POPE. Oh, great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany, of thy age. POPE. The man in graver tragic known, Though his best part long since was done, Still on the stage... | |
 | Thomas Grognall Didbin - Bibliography - 1876 - 750 pages
...hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said nor sang ' Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain,...stage. Preacher at once, and zany of thy age, Oh worthy thon, of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods ! Bnt fate with butchers... | |
 | THOMAS ARNOLD - 1876 - 312 pages
...How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue. How sweet the periods, neither said nor sung ! 3o6 H Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. O great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age ! O worthy thou of Egypt's... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliographical literature - 1876 - 804 pages
...from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henloy ! with thy strain. While SHERLOCK, HARE, and GIBSON, preach in vain. Oh great restorer of tho good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy age, Oh worthy limn, of Kgypt's wise abodes,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1883 - 866 pages
...hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. * In this old tale, the brazen-head was to do wonders when it spoke ; but the friar, tired with watching,... | |
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How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. 
