 And while the moralist, who is holding forth on the cover (an accurate portrait of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet, look you, one is bound...  The North British review - Page 1191847Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 700 pages
...of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet,...shovelhat ; and a deal of disagreeable matter must come oat in the course of such an undertaking, I have heard a brother ofjthe story-telling trade, at Naples,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 564 pages
...of your humble servant), professed to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet,...must come out in the course of such an undertaking. I have heard a brother, of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 562 pages
...of your humble servant), professed to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet,...must come out in the course of such an undertaking. I have heard a brother, of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing... | |
 | J. M. Dixon - 1891 - 392 pages
...the middle ages, as tokens of their office. The "fools" were licensed jesters. (See King Lear.) And, look you, one is bound to speak the truth as far as...whether one mounts a cap and bells or a shovel-hat (is a fool or a bishop). — THACKEEAY. To cap the globe — to surpass everything. F. " Well," I exclaimed,... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1896 - 414 pages
...dandies all MOUNTING their white trousers. Mount. 363 Mount of Venus. 1847. THACKBRAY, Vanity Fair, viii. One is bound to speak the truth as far as one knows...whether one MOUNTS a cap and bells or a shovel-hat. 2. (theatrical). — To prepare for representation on the stage. 1880. Athcnceum, 6 March, p. 322.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 786 pages
...of your humble servant), profe;ses to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet,...must come out in the course of such an undertaking. I have heard a brother of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing... | |
 | 1900 - 548 pages
...of your humble servant) professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed, yet,...knows it, whether one mounts a cap and bells or a shovel hat; and a deal of disagreeable matter must come out in the course of such an undertaking. .... | |
 | 1900 - 646 pages
...of your humble servant) professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed, yet,...knows it, whether one mounts a cap and bells or a shovel hat; and a deal of disagreeable matter must come out in the course of such an undertaking. .... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 424 pages
...of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed : yet,...must come out in the course of such an undertaking. I have heard a brother of the story-telling trade, at Naples, preaching to a pack of good-for-nothing... | |
 | Hugo Lötschert - 1908 - 140 pages
...des Humors hängt mit seiner Kunstanschauung zusammen. Er will die Wahrheit sagen und glaubt, dass „a deal of disagreeable matter must come out in the course of such an undertaking".6) Ein 1) Spielhagen, aa 0. 167. 2) II. XXXIV. 3) X. VIII. 4) VII. XX. 5) Vin. XXTTI.... | |
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