 | B. Whack - 1849 - 308 sayfa
...London. . . .was ascribed to them, " and there is the charge to this day. . . . round the base " of the Monument, which Pope justly compares to a " big...Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies.' " The inscription was effaced by the brother and suc" cessor of Charles ; but, when the Dutchman and the... | |
 | 1851 - 492 sayfa
...treachery and malice of the Papal faction, and which gave rise to the famous couplet of Pope — " Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts his head and lies ! " Having been universally considered to be unjust, has been erased. Six persons... | |
 | Henry Green Clarke - 1851 - 292 sayfa
...conflagration to the treachery and malice of the Papist faction, and which gave rise to the couplet of Pope. " Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts his head and lies!" s Having been universally considered to be unjust, has been erased. Open daily.... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 sayfa
...erased in the reign of James II., it was restored at the Revolution. Pope thus alludes to it : — " Where London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies." It was again erased, by order of the Common Council, shortly after the passing... | |
 | Benjamin Moran - 1853 - 408 sayfa
...Pope's cutting lines having done much to remove the slander : — v " Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts its head, and lies !" The view from the top is not very fine, and scarcely repays a person for climbing up three hundred and... | |
 | William Keddie - 1854 - 400 sayfa
...malice of the Papists. It was to this accusation that Pope alluded in the well-known couplet — • " Where London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies." The inscription was expunged in the time of James II., restored in the reign of... | |
 | Where - 1855 - 86 sayfa
...are fair. Henry and Emma. PRIOR. We take no note of time But from its loss. Night Thoughts. YOUNG. Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies. Moral Essays, epistle iii. POPE. What's in a name ? Romeo and Juliet, act ii, scene... | |
 | John Overton Choules - 1852 - 400 sayfa
...been obliterated. It was to this inscription and allegation that Pope referred in liis lines, — " Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head, and lies." There are few things in London that have impressed us more than the fine, massive bridges which span... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1856 - 640 sayfa
...to commemorate to the treachery and malice of a Popish faction. Pope alluded to this when he says, " Where London's column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies." But, in 1830, this offensive inscription was obliterated, in pursuance of a resolution... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1857 - 692 sayfa
...England. II. — Explain the allusions in the following passages, and mentic* where they occur : i . " Where London's column, pointing to the skies. Like a tall bully, lifts its head, and lies." J. " On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compass' d round."... | |
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Where London's column, pointing to the skies Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies. 
