 ... while the gentleman who fills it, is exalted in the midst of all this finery, with a surplice as dirty as a farmer's frock, and a periwig that seems to have transferred its faculty of curling to the band which appears in full buckle beneath it.  The British Essayists: Connoisseur - Page 194by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1802 - 260 pages
...his ancestors perhaps, to testify their devotion, and leave a lasting monument to their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson...dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman, who fills it, is exalted, in the midst of all this finery, with a surplice... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 484 pages
...ancestors perhaps, to testify their devotion, and leave a lasting monument to their mag. nificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson...dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman, who fills it, is exalted, in the midst of all this finery, with a surplice... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 442 pages
...vine-leaves and ears of wheat; and have dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman who fills it, is exalted in the...dirty as a farmer's frock, and a periwig that seems to have transferred its faculty of curling to the band, which appears in full buckle beneath it. " ..... | |
 | William Hayley - Authors, English - 1803 - 450 pages
...monument of their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson velvet, vet, embroidered with vine-leaves and ears of wheat ; and...dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman who fills it, is exalted in the midst of all this finery with a surplice... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 208 pages
...his ancestors perhaps, to testify their devotion, and leave a lasting monument of their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson velvet, embroidered with vine-leaves and ears ef wheat ; and have dressed up the pulpit with the same splendor and expence ; while the gentleman,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 220 pages
...magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with i1\e richest crimson velvet, embroidered with vinek-aves and ears of wheat; and have dressed up the pulpit...this finery, -with a surplice as dirty as a farmer's fHfck, and a periwig that seems to have transferred its faculty of curling to the band, which appears... | |
 | William Hayley - 1805 - 222 pages
...have adorned the altar-piece with (he richest crimson velvet, embroidered with viutleaves and f*rs of wheat; and have dressed up the pulpit with the...this finery, with a surplice as dirty as a farmer's frrck, and a periwig that seems to have transferred its faculty of curling to the band, which appears... | |
 | William Hayley - 1806 - 488 pages
...his ancestors perhaps, to testify their devotion, and leave a lasting monument of their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson...dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman who fills it, is exalted in the midst of all this finery with a surplice... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 486 pages
...his ancestors perhaps, to testify their devotion, and leave a lasting monument of their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richest crimson...and ears of wheat ; and have dressed up the pulpit wich the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman who fills it, is exalted in the midst of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 268 pages
...and to leave a lasting monument to their magnificence, have adorned the altar-piece with the richtst crimson velvet, embroidered with vineleaves and ears...dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expence ; while the gentleman, who fills it, is exalted, in the midst of nil this finery, with a surplice... | |
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