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
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 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 :...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... | |
| 1842 - 452 Seiten
...share of that weakness, has strongly marked this feature in Garrick's character in these lines — " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,...of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish growu callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." This propensity also... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 432 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 pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...varied full ten times a day ; Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not In,- was void of all thought : Perhaps it was plain to foresee, That a nymph so complete would be sou pleased, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came ; And the ] !... | |
| Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 400 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 off his friends, like a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle thei Of praise a mere glutton,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day ; Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick Dr Johnson, by Mrs Piozzi, are the only valuable works wh oil' his friends a» a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle then back.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 Seiten
...Iustice for breaking his Icsti upon other people. ' of his Byle, wrote down tht ruw puctofaU antiquity. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; TiH his relish, grown callous almost to disease, Who pepperM the highest, was surest to please. But... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 386 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, He...Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, ^nd the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous almost to disease, Who... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 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, He...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowM what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous... | |
| 1847 - 540 Seiten
...his colours he spread, And bespatter'd with rouge his own natural red. GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. 18. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he wish'd, he could whistle them back. GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. 19. And idle jests, untimely spoken, The... | |
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