...Pope's lines which I used to read at school, wondering what was the meaning of the second one : — " Where London's column, pointing to the skies Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies." The week passed away rapidly enough, and we made ready for our departure. It was...

...in the eighteenth century, aided the adoption of the French idiom lever la ttte : ' Where linden's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies." — I'ope, Moral Etsayi, iii, 340. — MEIKLEJOHN: Milton, who died 1674, docs not use the word. [See...

...in leap-year, then's the time. When February's days are twenty-nine. Jlfoore's Almanack. MONUMENT. Where London's column, pointing to the skies Like a tall bully, lifts tho head and lies. Pope, ME in. 339. MOON— see Night. The chariest maid is prodigal enough, If she...

...fellow that shows it." Pope, as a Catholic, looked with horror on the Monument, and wrote bitterly of it — " Where London's Column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name."...

...its was not used as freely as we now use it. Thus Pope (1688-1744) seems to avoid it in the lines, Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies. Moral Essays, III., 339-40. 462. Personal Pronouns (Third Person).—They, their, and them are the...

...day going round the base of "the monument/' which Pope justly compares to a big, lying bully:— " Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies. " The words are these : " This monument is erected in memory of the burning of this...

...firmness of touch ; and to these is added a peculiar air i>f facility and freedom." — GirroBD.} 13 [" Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies."— 176 177 T For there are blossoms rare, and curious rush, The gale's " rich balm, and sun-dew's crimson...

...its was not used as freely as we now use it. Thus Pope (1688-1744) seems to avoid it in the lines. Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies. Moral Essays, III., 339-40. 584. Personal Pronouns (Third Person). — They, their, and them are the...

...its was not used as freely as we now use it. Thus Pope (1688-1744) seems to avoid it in the lines, Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head and lies. Moral Essays, III., 339-40. 584. Personal Pronouns (Third. Person). — They, their, and them are the...

...numerous variances, contradictions, and 1 Pope makes reference to this circumstance in these lines : " Where London's column pointing to the skies Like a tall bully, lifts its head and lies." inconsistencies in the testimony of these men; but their explanations that they...