 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 Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Imitations, moral ... - Page 91by Alexander Pope - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...wise man and a 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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...you, friend ; a wife mm and a fool, You 'II find, if once the monarch acls the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and...the fellow: The reft is all but leather or prunella. [Itrings, Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with That thou mayft be by kings, onvhores of kings,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 pages
...friend ! a wife man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and...The reft is all but leather or prunella. 204 Stuck NOTES. of the drama would be difordered and fpoiled, if any alteration was made in either. The nature... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 pages
...friend ! a wife man and a fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch afts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and...The reft is all but leather or prunella. 204 Stuck NOTBS. of the drama would be difordered and fpoiled, if any alteration was made in either. The nature... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...a wise man and 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1807 - 316 pages
...friend, a wise man and a fool. 200 .Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all hut leather or prunella. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings. That thou may'st he hy kings, or whores of kings. IJoast the pure hlood of an illustrious... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...a wise man and-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 prnnello. Stuck o'er with title*,and hung round withstrings ; That thou... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...a wise man and 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 thon... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...man and a fool. 20O " You'll find, if pnce 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, "... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...a wise man and a fool. You'll find if once the wise man acts the monk, Or, eobler like, the parson will be drunk ; Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunella. Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood, Has crept through scoundrels... | |
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