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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. "
The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Page 92
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 pages
...ofumiitclfigibU nonieiue. called tb« Hyp-Doctor, Still break the benches, Henley ! with thj stnun, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson, preach in vain....good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy ngc ! Oil worthy ihou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the godn ! But fate...
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The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 9

George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 808 pages
...title of " restorer of ancient eloquence," and Pope thus apostrophized him in the " Dunciad r " О great restorer of the good old stage. Preacher at once and zany of thy age 1 О worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, Л decent priest where monkeys vero the gods t Notwithstanding...
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All the Year Round, Volume 5

1861 - 632 pages
...periods, neither said nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Shorloch, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. Oh, great restorer...good old stage, Preacher at once and Zany of thy age ! He usually chose a text from the Old or New Testament, and adapted it to the topics of the day, or...
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All the Year Round, Volume 5

1861 - 634 pages
...break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, While Sherloch, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. Olí, great restorer of the good old stage. Preacher at once and Zany of thy nge ! He usually chose a text from the Old or New Testament, and adapted it to the topics of the day,...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 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. O great restorer of the good old stage, f29i Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! O worthy thou...
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THE CALAMITIES AND QUARRELS

ISAAC DISRAELI - 1865 - 566 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,...good old stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age ! f It will surprise when I declare that this buffoon was an indefatigable student, a proficient in...
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The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their ...

Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1865 - 570 pages
...sweet the periods, neither said nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley, with thy strain, \Vhile Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson, preach in vain. Oh ! great...good old stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age ! •)• It will surprise when I declare that this buffoon was an indefatigable student, a proficient...
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Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Isaac Disraeli - Authors - 1867 - 572 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,...good old stage, Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age 1 1 It will surprise when I declare that this buffoon was an indefatigable student, a proficient in...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with life of the author and notes by J ...

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 pages
...the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, || Hare, If 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 wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Ed. by the Rev. H. F. Cary

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...eucharist. 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 Gibson1 preach in yain, O great restorer of the good, old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy...
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