 | 1809 - 594 pages
...quaint in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind — demands a doubt. He that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of meray, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge an heav'nly mind.. ..demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and, t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart I... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 384 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in it's deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart !... | |
 | Robert Baylor Semple - 1810 - 514 pages
...thought by fome to approach too near {p th6- theatrical, Cowper, the poet, fays, " He that negociates between God and man, • " As God's ambassador, the...mercy, should beware " Of lightness in his speech.*' Here Mr. Leland and the poet are at variance ; he does fometimes, and indeed not unirequently, '* court... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge an heav'nly mind.. ..demands a doubt. He 'that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand...of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. ' Fis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire... | |
 | Garnet Terry - 1812 - 408 pages
...Consistency most solemnly requires it* He that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the great concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of...in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when we should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; or to' address... | |
 | William Cowper - 1812 - 390 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in it's deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind—demands a doubt. He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Ot lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul; To break a jest,... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negociates 'tween God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns...when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart !... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negociates 'tween God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns...should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspira Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in it's deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's...pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul j To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy... | |
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He, that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic... 
