 He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so that no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : " When pulpit, drum...  The British Essayists - Strana 199úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Počet stránok 482
...sense." He has read all our poets, with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so ^hat no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - Počet stránok 432
...these doggerel rhymes, than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure I have heard the " Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;" and " There was an ancient'sage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over," . . .,i ' more frequently... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1885 - Počet stránok 432
...GaAHAMK. " My lord, I am so wearied, and so sleapy, that I have wryton this very confusedly." CHAPTER X. When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. Hudibras. IN the meantime, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jaded and worn out with... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 562
...anti-episcopal sermons, in that period when " toleration was declared to be INIQUITY esblished by law !" when " Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic Was beat with fist, instead of a stick ;" \vi Kn the Calvinistic Puritan, from Presbyterian pulpits, preached MURDER and BLOOD ! What is the... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1833 - Počet stránok 130
...anti-episcopal sermons, in that period when " toleration was declared to be INIQUITY established by law!" when " Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, " Was beat with fist, instead of a stick;" when the Calvinistic Puritan, from Presbyterian pulpits, preached MURDER and BLOOD ! What is the triumphant... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1839 - Počet stránok 682
...good old cause, with a reinforcement of a hundred well-armed men from the Middle Ward.4 CHAPTER V. When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. Hudibrca. IN the mean time, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jaded and worn out with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - Počet stránok 376
...old cause, with a reinforcement of a hundred wellarmed men from the Middle Ward.* CHAPTER XVIII. v When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. Httdibrtu. IN the meantime, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jaded and worn out with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - Počet stránok 722
...rebellion, in my opinion. " I am, my lord, " Your lordship's most humble servant, " J. GRAHAME. «*/ When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. ft* N the meantime, the insurgent cavalry returned from the pursuit, jaded and worn out with their... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1846 - Počet stránok 624
...the sense. He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have...distich. " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fiat instead of a stick i" and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble, have hitherto passed... | |
 | M. A - 1848 - Počet stránok 878
...perhaps arise, why he was like that renowned Agonister, so distinguished for feats'of chivalry — " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick !" Answer: Because he was a bipes implume — Plato's definition iif a man, and ours of an Oxford tractarian.... | |
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