 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.  The Works of William Cowper - Sivu 21tekijä(t) William Cowper - 1854Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1795 - 432 sivua
...crown'd. What differ more,, you cry, than crown and cowl ? I'll tell you, friend; a wise man and a fool. 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, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores... | |
 | 1797 - 614 sivua
...external form and appearance are of no consideration, in comparison with internal qualities. 'Jfhus, " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello." • But in applying this favourite maxim to forms of government, he appears to have beer, led away... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 sivua
...a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch 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 prunello. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings.... | |
 | 1800 - 322 sivua
...a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch 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. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings-, or whores... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1802 - 278 sivua
...fool. You'll find, if once the wise roan act* 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. Stuck ov'r with titles and hung round with strings,"That thou may'st be by kings, or w —... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 sivua
...fool. 200 You'll find if once the monarch 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. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou mayst be by kings, or... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 sivua
...find, if once the wise man acts the monk, Or cobler-like, the parson will be drunk ; Werth makes th6 man, and want of it the fellow* . . The rest is all but leather of prunella. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou mayst be by kings ; or ws... | |
 | 1805 - 498 sivua
...populace ; and happy instances of its power are afforded by individuals of the most elevated ranks. " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; " The rest is all but leather, or prunello." On the eve of printing this article, a new edition of the work, corrected and enlarged, has been published... | |
 | Pierre Franc M'Callum - 1805 - 376 sivua
...death, but I did then, what I do now, bestow a sigh .to his memory. — To apply the words of POPE, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leathg: or pruncllo. t . . - - . , and may well be said to be a disgrace to human nature. Permit me... | |
 | 1806 - 330 sivua
...a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch 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. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores... | |
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