 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...knotty point ! to which we now proceed. But you are tired I 'll tell a tale. B. Agreed. P. Where London's column , pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...other evils, pains and wrongs : But made hereby obnoxious mor To all the miseries of life. RICHES. WHERE London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head, and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...reward ? A knotty point to which we now proceed, But you are tired I'll tell a tale B. AgreedP. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies, 310 There dwelt a citizen of sober fume, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...from a coachman's fate, ' To govern men, and guide the state." WHITEHEAD. CHAPTER XIV. SIR BALAAM. WHERE London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name : Religious, punctual,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...A knotty point! to which we now proceed. But you are tir'd I 'll tell a tale. B. Agreed. P. g I forget all time ; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breat There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual,... | |
 | Benjamin Moran - 1853 - 408 pages
...day has been erased some years. Pope's cutting lines having done much to remove the slander : v " Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts its head, and lies !" The view from the top is not very fine, and scarcely repays a person for climbing... | |
 | 1892 - 916 pages
...It was the recutting of these offensive inscriptions that inspired Pope with the well-known lines : Where London's column pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies. Upon the south face is another legend, also in Lut in, and somewhat lengthy, which informs us of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 362 pages
...which we now proceed. But you are tired I '11 tell a tale B. Agreed. P. Where London's column,1 pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; 340 There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; 1 ' Where London's... | |
 | Rand - 1857 - 344 pages
...the national mind and character. Pope was a Roman Catholic, and in the lines we all remember " Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies " refers angrily to the inscription formerly to be seen upon the Monument, in which the fire of... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...powers, Prove that you have human feelings, Ere you proudly question ours ! SIR BALAAM. BY POPE. WHERE London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name : Religious, punctual,... | |
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There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual, frugal, and so forth; His word would pass for more than he was worth. 
