Poetry for the million, poems, by a member of parliament, ed. [really written] by Peter Priggins |
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Poetry for the Million, Poems, by a Member of Parliament, Ed. [Really ... Joseph Thomas J Hewlett Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Poetry for the Million, Poems, by a Member of Parliament, Ed. [Really ... Joseph Thomas J Hewlett Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Seite 47 - 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.
Seite 49 - ... long in the land and see good days. No : lying is so deeply rooted in nature that we may expel it with a fork, and yet it will always come back again: it is like the poor, we must have it always with us. We must all eat a peck of moral dirt before we die. All depends upon who it is that is lying. One man may steal a horse when another may not look over a hedge.
Seite 8 - ... little group, hugging themselves in this fastidious egotism, should make shipwreck of any Cabinet of which they became members was only to be expected, and so ere long it turned out. Perhaps, had they not been quite such superior persons, the vessel of State might have been steered more wisely ; but, as Touchstone says, ' we that have good wits have much to answer for.* It has generally been found that Cabinets composed of ' All the Talents ' have but a short lease of life.