 | Jest book - 1864 - 396 oldal
...world:' MCCCLXXXIX. — WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE. Quest. WHY is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh ? Ans. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly shout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! MCCCXC. — NOT GIVING HIMSELF... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1864 - 350 oldal
...perpendicular action which justifies the satirical comparison by Moore of the speaker to a pump — " That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away." Very different, however, was it with the orator of Borne. His whole body was instinct with the fire... | |
 | 1864 - 606 oldal
...perpendicular action, which justifies the satirical comparison by Moore of the speaker to a pump — " That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away." 'Very different, however, was it with the orator of Rome. His whole body was instinct with the tiro... | |
 | 1865 - 436 oldal
...of Gods and of man, WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE? Quest. Why is a Pump like Viscount Castlereagh ? Answ. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and...EPIGRAM. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC DELEGATE AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. SAID his Highness to Ned,* with that grim face of his, " Why... | |
 | Eliza Leslie - 1865 - 706 oldal
...ihymer opened his oracular lips without a moment's hesitation, and replied — Because it is an awkward thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth...sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away, ID one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! But of all these fireside games, the most charming, fascinating,... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 oldal
...once, to all the Nine. S What's my Thought like? Quest. Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh ? Ans. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly shout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood! 6 To Miss . With woman's form... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 oldal
...once, to all the Nine. 5 What's my Thought like? Quest. Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh ? Ans. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly shout, and spout, and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! 6 To Miss . With woman's... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 936 oldal
...Tom Moore's bitter squib : — " Question. — Why is a pump like V-sc-nt C-stl-r-gh ? " Answer. — Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coldly spouts, and spouts, and spouts away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood." Sir Thomas Buxton... | |
 | 1852 - 620 oldal
...on Lord Castlereagh. Question. ' Why is a pump like V — sc — nt C — stl — r — gh? Answer. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and...spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood!' Moore, as an Irishman, was proud of Wellington ; and all his whiggism did not prevent him from showing... | |
 | Thomas Anthony Methuen - 1870 - 540 oldal
...certainly would ever have dreamed of applying to him the lines of the Satirisf, — ' And like a pump its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout, and spout, and spout away.' His appearance was very striking in the pulpit, and his energy sometimes rose to a considerable height.... | |
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Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! EPIGRAM. 
