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" He has read all our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused, so that no man has found the sound of a drum in this distich : — When pulpit, drum... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 141
by Samuel Johnson - 1825
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...drum in this diflich, " When pulpit, drum ecclefiaftie, " Was beat with fift inftead of a flick ;" and and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble have hitherto pa^Ted without notice. " Honour is like the glafly bubble, " Which cofls philofophers fuch trouble...
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The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...drum in this diftich, " When pulpit, drum ecclefiaftic, " Was beat with fift inftead of a flick j" and and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble have hitherto pafled without notice. " Honour is like the glafly bubble, " Which cofts philofophers fuch trouble...
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Harrison's British Classicks: The Idler. Fitz Osbornes Letters. Shenstones ...

1787 - 528 pages
...this 'lit'tich— 1 When pulpit, drum rcclcfiaflic, « W .is beat vvith fill ¡nftejd of a ftickj* and that the wonderful lines upon Honour and a Bubble have hitherto paiïcd without notice. ' Honour h like the gUÍTy bubble, 1 Which coils philofophers fuch troublej...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 442 pages
...a drum in this diftich, " When pulpit, drum ecdefiaftie, " Was beat with fift inftwd of a ftici ," and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bubble have hitherto pafled without notice. " Honour is like the glafly bubble, " Which cofts philofophers fuch trouble...
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Select British Classics, Volume 10

1803 - 222 pages
...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their- works have been hitherto perused,...stick ; and that the wonderful lines upon honour and a bul> ble have hitherto passed without notice. " Honour is like the glassy bubble, " Which costs philosophers...
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Select British Classics, Volume 11

1803 - 434 pages
...these doggerel rhymes than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure I have heard the Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick and There was an ancient sage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over more frequently quoted than...
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NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP

1804 - 676 pages
...these doggerel rhymes than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure I have heard the Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick ; and There was an antient fage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over, more frequently quoted than...
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The British Essayists;: Idler

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 410 pages
...our poets with particular attention to this delicacy of versification, and wonders at the supineness with which their works have been hitherto perused,...philosophers such trouble ; " Where, one part crack'd, tho whole does fly, " And wits are crack'd to find out why." In these verses, says Minim, we have two...
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The British Essayists, Volume 6

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 416 pages
...these doggerel rhymes than of the parts that really deserve admiration. I am sure I have heard the ' Pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, was beat with fist, instead of a stick;' and ' There was an ancient sage philosopher Who had read Alexander Ross over,' more frequently quoted,...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...master in wit and humour, the point and ridicule of which is wholly independent of the double rhyme. " When pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, " Was beat with fist, instead of a stick." And again We grant, altho' he had much wit, He was very shy of using it [ f As being loth to wear it out....
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