 | Junius - Great Britain - 1797 - 398 pages
...following lines : ' Gives forked counsel; takes provoking gold, ' On either hand, and puts it up. * So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, - And...would not wag, nor scarce ' Lie still without a fee.' 322 1 The man who resists and overcomes this iniquitous power assumed by the lords, must be supported... | |
 | Junius (pseud.) - Great Britain - 1804 - 488 pages
...the legislature, " Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold, " On either hand, and pvits it up. " So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, " And...would not wag, nor scarce " Lie still, without a fee." In the House of Lords.] In both Houses of Parliament the Opposition, consisting of the whole Whig faction,... | |
 | Junius - Great Britain - 1807 - 336 pages
...the following lines : Giv'es forked counsel ; takes provoking gold, On either hand, and puts it up. So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud...would not wag, nor scarce Lie still without a fee." y The man who resists and overcomes this iniquitous power assumed by the Lords, must be supported by... | |
 | Junius - Great Britain - 1810 - 302 pages
...following lines. " Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold " On cither hand, and puts it up. " So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, " And...that would not wag, nor scarce " Lie still, without a/ee." that duty which the constitution expected from them, in return for the dignity and independence... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked counsel :...thought h,e should be blest To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 690 pages
...'Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give forked counsel ;...humility. And, for his part, he thought he should be blessed,. To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplexed a tongue,... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 696 pages
...they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; Tliat, with niost quick agility, "could turn, And return ; l0e . blessetl. To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise, so grave, of so perplexed a tongue,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return j make knots, and undo them ; Give forked counsel ;...put it up : These men, He knew, would thrive with tneir humility. And, for his part, he thought he should be blessed, To have his heir of such a suffering... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...law ; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And return ; make knots, and undo them ; Give lorked counsel : take provoking gold On either hand, and...men, He knew, would thrive with their humility. And (tor his part) he thought he should be blest To have his heir of such a suffering spirit, So wise,... | |
 | Junius, John Mason Good - English letters - 1812 - 548 pages
...the following lines : " Gives forked counsel ; takes provoking gold, On either hand, and puts it up. So wise, so grave, of so perplex'da tongue, And loud withal, that would not wag, nor scarce exerting it at this period, was \irged to them with every argument, that could be supposed to influence... | |
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Men of your large profession, that could speak To every cause, and things mere contraries, Till they were hoarse again, yet all be law; That, with most quick agility, could turn, And... 
