...the words so often applied to a celebrated pillar in the city were equally applicable to it: — " Where London's column, pointing to the skies. Like a tall bully, lifts its head— and lies." (Hear). No fact was more notorious than that no such statement bad been made....

...govern men and guide the state. WlIITEHZAD. CHAP. XIV. Sir Balaam. W, HERE London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head-, and lies : There dwelt a Citizen- of sober fame , A plain good man , and Balaam was his name ; Religious , punctual...

...letter was some years since, put into a country post-office, arrived at the general post-office, and was delivered by the post-man. The direction according...column pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts his head and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was liis name."...

...proceed, But you are tir'd— I'll tell a talc — B. Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, Л plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Keligious, punctual, frugal,...

...coachman's fate, To govern men and guide the state. CHAP. XIV. SIR BALAAM.London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head, and lies ; There dwelt a Citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual, frugal,...

...proceed. But you are tir'd — I'll tell a tale — B, Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies, There dwelt a citizen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was hig name , Religious, punctual, frugal,...

...proceed. But you are tir'd— I'll tell a. tale— B, Agreed. P. Where London's column, pointing at the skies Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies, There dwelt a citiaen of sober fame, A plain good man, and Balaam was his name ; Religious, punctual, frugal,...

...years, it has become a sort of fashion, to quote the lines of Pope, when speaking of the Mo-? nument, " Where London's Column, pointing to the skies, " Like a tall bully lifts its head, and lies f yet there are many circumstances on record which strongly com* bine in establishing...

...than recent pestilence or fire, Came plague of party and religious ire : Witness that "Shaft which pointing to the skies," Like a tall bully, lifts the head and liesfi Be it remember'd, a momentous fact, This reign produced the HABEAS CORPUS ACT. And, much less...

...ought not to have been thus perpetuated. To this falsity Pope alludes in these curious lines : — "Where London's column, pointing to the skies, Like a tall bully lifts its head, and tin." EDUCATION OP THE TEMPER. Before parents adopt either the epi•urean or stoical...