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" Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more," you cry, " than crown and cowl ?" I'll tell you,... "
Instructive and Entertaining Lessons for Youth: With Rules for Reading with ... - Page 236
by Noah Webster - 1835 - 252 pages
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The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...pounds a year. Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part ; there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made ; One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; NOTES. Ver. 194. Act well your part ;] The Ancients were very fond of this comparison of human life...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 430 pages
...pounds a year. Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part ; there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made ; One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; NOTES. Ver. 194. Act well your part ;] The Ancients were very fond of this comparison of human life...
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An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 84 pages
...follies. On his garb indeed she hath some little influence ; but hisJieart still remains the same. Jt <P Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. But this difference extends no further tian to the habit ; the pride of heart is the same, both inphe...
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An Essay on Man: In Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke, to which ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1824 - 80 pages
...follies. On his nrb indeed she hath some little influence ; but his heart •till remains the same. Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. 3ut this difference extends no further than to the habit ; !ie pride of heart is the same, both in...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 3-4

British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...thousand pounds a year. Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made,...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. ' What difFer more...
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The Poetical Works of Alex. Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life

Alexander Pope - 1825 - 536 pages
...thousand pounds a-year. Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made,...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch erown'd. ' What differ more,*...
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Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae: Letters to Charles Butler, Comprising Essays ...

Robert Southey - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 562 pages
...well-known bridal dross and motto of Charles Brandon : and why they are so used the preceding lines show. Fortune in men has some small difference made; One...flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade : The cobler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The Friar hooded, and the Monareh crown'd. What differ more (you cry)...
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English Exercises: Adapted to Murray's English Grammar, Consisting of ...

Lindley Murray - 1826 - 184 pages
...birthright for a savory mess of pottage. A regular and virteous education, is an inesteemable blessing. Honor and shame from no condition rise: Act well your part; there, all the honor lies. The rigor of monkish disciplin often conceals great depravity of heart. We should<recollect, that however...
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The Poetical Works, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 pages
...thousand pounds a-year. Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. , Fortune in men has some small difference made,...One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. ' What differ more,'...
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English Exercises ...: With which the Corresponding Notes, Rules, and ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...birthright for a savory mess of potage. (5) A regular and virteous education, is an inesteemable blessing. Honor and shame from no condition rise : Act well your part; there, all the honor lies. The rigor of monkish disciplin often conceals great depravity of heart. We should recollect, that however...
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