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. Wit and Humor - Seite 250von Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 Seiten
...way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of oar hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pick, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'^... | |
| George Colman - 1830 - 348 Seiten
...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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 Seiten
...full ten times a day ; Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his owr. obert Chambers lie pleased, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came; And ilie... | |
| 1831 - 790 Seiten
...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 :...pack, For 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... | |
| John Genest - 1832 - 646 Seiten
...He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day ; " Tho' secure of all hearts, yet confoundedly sick, " If they were not his own by finessing and trick ;...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, " And... | |
| Fanny Burney - 1832 - 384 Seiten
...retaliate ; but, never ready with his tongue in public, though always ready with his pen in private, he * " He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he would he could whistle them back." hurried off in a pet ; and, some time after, produced that best,... | |
| Adam Waldie - 1833 - 640 Seiten
...biographicajly mark his style of life, and the consideration in which he was held by the musical world. * "He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he would he could whistle them back." t This last circumstance was communicated to the editor by Sir Joshua... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 150 Seiten
...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 oif his friends as a huntsman his pack ; For he knew, when he pleas'd, he could whistle them back.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 Seiten
...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 :...friends, as a huntsman his 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 Seiten
...way, He turned 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...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, And the puff... | |
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