 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 To pardon or to bear it.  Life and works of William Cowper - Side 163av William Cowper - 1836Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Todd - 1799 - 200 sider
..." The man who 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." You will soon be ashamed to love one for whom you have not a high esteem. Love will only follow esteem.... | |
 | 1801 - 574 sider
...disperse At one immense explosion." Tlic author's pleasantry and humour are shewn in this couplets ' The man that hails you, Tom or Jack, And proves by...very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.' We have heard from very good authority that a corrected and im- : proved copy of these verses is in... | |
 | 1802 - 886 sider
...building — The palace were but half complete. If he could possibly forget The carving and the gilding. The man that hails you, Tom or Jack, •And proves...Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear if. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd, First fixes our attention ; So manners decent... | |
 | Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Motte Guyon - 1802 - 158 sider
...Jf he could possibly forgct The carving and the gilding. The man that hails you, Tom or Jack, A'ltl proves by thumps upon your back. How he esteems your...had need Be very much his friend indeed TO pardon or (o bear it, As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd, Fiist fixes our attention ; So manners... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 sider
...building — The palace were but half complete, . If he could poffibly forget The carving and the gilding. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your bacfc How he efteems your merit, Is fuch a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed... | |
 | Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Motte Guyon - 1803 - 164 sider
...building — The palace were but half complete, If he could possibly forget The carving and the gilding. The man that hails you, Tom or Jack, And proves by...it. As similarity of mind, Or something not to be defin'd, First fixes our attention; So manners decent and polite, The same we practis'd at first sight,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 450 sider
...finish a fine building. 5 If he could possibly forget, XXV. 3. First fixes our attention. XXVI. 1. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back, How he esteems your merit, 27. Some friends make this their prudent plan — Say little, and hear all you can, Safe policy, but... | |
 | William Hayley - 1803 - 348 sider
...finifh a fine building. 5. If he could poffihly forget, XXV. 3. Firft fixes our attention. XXVI. 1. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back, How he efteems your merit. XXVU. 1. Some aft upon this prudeat pla«— So barren fands imbibe the fhow'r,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 386 sider
...building — The palace were but half complete, If he could poffibly forget The carving and the gilding. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he efteems your merit, Is fuch a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 sider
...first sight, Or something not to be defin'd, Must save it from declension. His sense of your great merit, Is such a friend that one had need Be very much his friend indeed, ' The man who hails you Tom, or Jack, And proves by thumping on your back To pardon, or to btar it.... | |
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