 Dubius is such a scrupulous good man ! Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow He humbly hopes, presumes, it may be so.  Poems - Page 218by William Cowper - 1782 - 359 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 332 pages
...all out, . Reply discreetly — To be sure — no doubt ! DUBIUS is such a scrupulous good man — Yes — you may catch him tripping, if you can. He would not, with a peremptory tone, Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...all out, Reply discreetly — To be sure — no doubt ! DuBins is such a scrupulous good manYes — you may catch him tripping, if you can. He would not, with a peremptory tone, Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...his blunders are all out, Reply discreetly, " To be sure, no doubt!" is such a scrupulous, good man ; Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not, with a peremptory tone, Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes, presumes,... | |
 | Sophia Matilda Holworthy - 1876 - 200 pages
...that ground alone ; I could not had I seen it with my own, "Dubius is such a scrupulous good man — Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can ; He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon hia face his own." — COWPER. '' To thyself be true, and then it follows as the... | |
 | Robert Shelton Bate - 1878 - 370 pages
...admirable justice to this talker in the following lines : — " Dubious is such a scrupulous good man — Yes — you may catch him tripping if you can : He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 pages
...that he had no opportunity. Tlie doiibrfiil tal/и'г.— Dubius is such a scrupulous good man — Yes — you may catch him tripping if you can, He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1879 - 688 pages
...are all out, Reply discreetly — To be sure — no doubt. Dubius is such a scrupulous good man, — Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes, presumes it... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 pages
...are all out, Reply discreetly, 'To be sure— no doubt.' Dubius is such a scrupulous good man, — Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 pages
...are all out, Reply discreetly, 'To be sure — no doubt' Dubius is such a scrupulous good man, — Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 pages
...are all out, Reply discreetly, ' To be sure— no doubt.' Dubius is such a scrupulous good man, — Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow, He humbly hopes — presumes... | |
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