 The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, .  Poems, - Strana 328podľa William Cowper - 1803 - Počet stránok 363Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Počet stránok 240
...man that hails you Tom or Jack And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd. First fixes our attention : So manners decent and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - Počet stránok 324
...hails you Tom — or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, , Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon, or to bear it. Some friends make this their prudent plan— " Say little, and hear all you can ?" Safe policy, but... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1841 - Počet stránok 232
...man who hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit; Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend, indeed, To pardon, or to bear it; and truly I have suffered so severely from his brusqueries in this way that it has opened my eyes to... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - Počet stránok 206
...that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, — that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue herself would... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - Počet stránok 212
...that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, — that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to hear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - Počet stránok 212
...or Jack, And proves, by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, IB sut-lt a friend,—that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. Good manners, in short, are the ornament and defence of good morals. Without them, virtue herself would... | |
 | William Cowper - 1843 - Počet stránok 406
...hails you Tom — or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it. So barren sands imbibe the shower, But render neither fruit nor flower, Unpleasant and ungrateful.... | |
 | Samuel P. NEWMAN - 1843 - Počet stránok 322
...close, is a perplexing enigma. To such a letter, the lines of Cowper may be applied ; " One had need _i Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." It may be added that the man who can write better, is thus doing injustice to himself. An improper... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - Počet stránok 378
...And proves, by thumping on your back, His sense of your great merit ; Is such a friend that one has need, Be very much his friend indeed, To pardon or to bear it." The following were their rules of etiquette, or acquaintance table : Two glances | Tone bow. Two bows... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - Počet stránok 354
...hails vou Tom, or Jack', And proves by thumping on your back' His sense of your great merit', Is such a friend that one had need' Be very much his friend indeed', To pardon', or to bear it. 14. Some friends make thisv their prudent plan — Say little, and hear all you can*; — Safe policy,... | |
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