| 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 - 634 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." 1 Very different, however, was it with the orator of Rome. His whole body was instinct with the fire... | |
| 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
...Squinting Poetess. 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... | |
| Mark Lemon - 1865 - 422 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... | |
| James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 934 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.... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1872 - 662 oldal
...places ! WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE ? Quest, Why is a pump like V — sc — nt C— stl— r— gh ? A nsw. Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and...down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spoilt and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flocd ! EPIGRAM. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC... | |
| George Manville Fenn - 1899 - 534 oldal
...pronounced it summer. WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE? Quett. — Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh? Anew. — Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and...spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood ! FRENCH AND ENGLISH. THE French have taste in all they do, Which wo are quite without ; For Nature,... | |
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