Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick: He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Poems, Plays and Essays - Стр. 120авторы: Oliver Goldsmith - 1861 - Страниц: 530Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - Страниц: 600
...swallow'd what eame, And the puff of a dunee, he mistook it for fame; Till, his relish grown eallous had spoke, when fair and soft The roof began to mount aloft ; Aloft rose every b eandid, and speak out our mind, If dunees applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenrieks, ye Kellys,... | |
| George Colman - 1830 - Страниц: 348
...An actor supereminent in such different characters (to say nothing of Hamlet, Lear, Kitely, * " Tn praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame." Retaliation. Ranger, and various others,) must have possess'd most extraordinary powers, of the very... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 256
...For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'^ whit came. And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till, his relish grown callous, almost tc/lisease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest t* please ; But let us be candid, and speak out ou-... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - Страниц: 844
...lie pleased, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came; And ilie n Book Exchange peppered the highest waa eutesA. Vo \Леаье. But let us be candid, and speak out our miud ; If... | |
| 1831 - Страниц: 790
...he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle th«ra Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what «am», And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame 'Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppeiM the highest, was surest to please. But let usbe candid, and speak out our mind WiSTcommerce... | |
| John Genest - 1832 - Страниц: 648
...his friends, as a huntsman his pack, " For he knew when he pleased, he could whistle " them back. " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what " came,...Who pepper'd the highest was surest to " please." &c. This last was Garrick's great weakness — Paul Whitehead said to him — " A nation's taste depends... | |
| John Genest - 1832 - Страниц: 646
...his friends, as a huntsman his pack, " For he knew when he pleased, he could whistle " them back. " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what " came,...to disease " Who pepper'd the highest was surest to 41 please." &c. This last was Garrick's great weakness — Paul Whitehead said to him — " A nation's... | |
| John Todd - 1835 - Страниц: 406
...of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till, his relish grown callous almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid,...mind : If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind." 3. Never indulge in levity upon what is sacred. It is nearly impossible to treat any sacred subject... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - Страниц: 150
...pleas'd, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puif of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; 'Till, his relish...applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks *, ye Kellysf, and WoodfallsJ so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! * Vide page... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - Страниц: 538
...pack, For he knew when he pleas' d he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow\l what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys,(l) and Woodfalls M so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did... | |
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