 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 380 Seiten
...yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends, like a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepperM the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid and speak out our mind ; If dunces... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 524 Seiten
...finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton,...'Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper' d the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1854 - 560 Seiten
...friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a more glutton, he swallow'd what came. And the puff of a...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. * James Macpherson,... | |
 | John Todd - 1854 - 326 Seiten
...Garrick, by Goldsmith, against which I am warning you : — " Of prnise a mere glutton, he swallow" d what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind : If dunces applauded, ho paid them in kind." 3. Jfecer... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 346 Seiten
...when he pleased, he could whistle them hack. 5 Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, Ami the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish, grown callous almost to disease, \Vho pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, 10 If... | |
 | John Kelman - 1912 - 338 Seiten
...favour is valued, since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood.' Goldsmith wrote of Garrick : Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,...to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to pleaae. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind : If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind.3... | |
 | Cecil Ferard Armstrong - 1912 - 498 Seiten
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back ; Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...Till his relish grown callous almost to disease, Who peppered the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind. If dunces... | |
 | Frederick Monroe Tisdel - 1913 - 392 Seiten
...With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day. ****** He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." PARAGRAPH 26. Do you have more sympathy for Johnson's devotion to his "silly affected" wife than Macaulay... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 Seiten
...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, 109 le delight, 160 As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind: If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | 1916 - 792 Seiten
...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, 109 t, did the great god Pan, But let us be candid, and speak out our mind : If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
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Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his... 
