 | 1807 - 218 pages
...!" said Jack, and sigh'd ; " 'Twill be the end of mine." EPIGRAM. BY our Parson pcrplex'd, How shall we determine ? " Watch and pray," says the text ; " Go to sleep," says the sermon. THE CITY ORATORS. To wonder now at Balaam's ass is weak; Is there a day that asses do not speak ? EPITAPH.... | |
 | George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...from a dignitary of the church, on the words " watch and pray." " By our pastor perplext, " How shall we determine ? " ' Watch and pray' says the text, " ' Go to sleep' says the sermon." Though the epigram is in general applicable to topics of mirth and gaiety, yet even the most serious... | |
 | Panorama - 1809 - 368 pages
...FOLLOWING TEET. " Watch and pray, lest ye enter into tcmptaiion." BY our Pastor perplext, How shall we determine? — ', Watch and pray," says the Text, " Go to sleep/' says the Sermon. LOVE REWARDED. liY two black eyes my heart was won, Sure never wretch was more undone ! To Celia with... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1811 - 370 pages
...WELL-KNOWN 'tOliL PREACHER. [From the Morning Post, March ijf T> Y our pastor perplex'd, -*'^ How shall we determine? " Watch and pray," says the text; *' Go to sleep," says the sermon. PERCEVAL'S NOTES. [F:om the Morning Chionicle, Ma'ch I ] MU. KDITOK, II WAS walking up Slough road,... | |
 | 1812 - 156 pages
...don't say, " So for fear I should miss it, I'm drunk ev'ry day." LXI. By our Pastor perplext, How shall we determine ? "Watch and pray," says the TEXT, "Go to sleep," says the SERMON. LXII. Upon some hasty errand Tom was sent, And met his parish curate as he went , But just like what... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...following Text : "Watch and Pray, lest ye enter into Temptation." By our pastor perplext, How shall we determine ? " Watch and pray," says the Text, " Go to sleep,' says the Sermon. On a Lady who squinted. IF ancient poets Argus prize Who boasted of a hundred eves, Sure greater praise... | |
 | 1840 - 698 pages
...and as sharp as possible ! Strongly reminding one of the lines — " By our Vicar perplexeJ, How oan we determine, ' Watch and pray,' says the text, Go...Messrs. Chambers considered the "people" to require, 1 know not, but judging from their treatise on Hydraulic?, they hold but "sorry notions." ON THB ILLTJSTBATION... | |
 | 1840 - 702 pages
...illustrated by engrarmp of sundry pumps and engines in which all the turnings are at right aaykt and os sharp as possible ! Strongly reminding one of the...How can we determine, ' Watch and pray," says the tat. Go to sleep - sajrs the sermon." G80 ON ÏHK ILLUSTRATION OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS, ETC. Perhaps it... | |
 | 1853 - 628 pages
...rather happy in its structure: I forget the exact words : — ' [The hearer] perplex'd 'Twixt the two to determine — Watch and pray says the text, Go to sleep says the sermon.' — iv. 241. Moore might have found it in the very first page of epigrams in the ' Elegant Extracts.'... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 362 pages
...forget the exact words, but it was something (The hearer) " Perplexed Twixt the two to determine ; 1 Watch and pray,' says the text, ' Go to sleep,' says the sermon." Wished me to dine with him on Friday, but have a half engagement to Scott. VOL. IV. II 9th and 10th.... | |
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