 Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire...  The Port Folio - Seite 2961808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1894 - 930 Seiten
...poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to his head, and set fire to his tail ; For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian,...Hermes, shall fetch him — to make us sport here." "POETICAL EPISTLE TO DR. GOLDSMITH, OR SUPPLEMENT TO HIS ' RETALIATION.^ "Bv RICHARD CUMBERLAND. "... | |
 | Joseph Knight - 1894 - 366 Seiten
...poet o'er all may prevail Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail : For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it : This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet, Thro' a mixture so odd he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals — be Goldsmith his name... | |
 | Joseph Knight - 1894 - 368 Seiten
...each sex, on the world I'll bestow it: This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet, Thro' a mixture so odd he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals—be Goldsmith his name ! When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear You, Hermes,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 334 Seiten
...the world I'll bestow it, The scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet, Though a mixture BO odd he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals...Hermes, shall fetch him— to make us sport here." A second, which also appears in Garrick's Works, is poor enough : "ON DR. GOLDSMITH'S CHARACTERISTIC... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 468 Seiten
...poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head and set fire to the tail ; For the joy of each sex on the world I'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian,...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here." The charge of raking, so repeatedly advanced in the OOLDSMltn NO RAKE. foregoing lines, must be considered... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 336 Seiten
...poet o'er all may prevail, 35 Set fire to the head and set fire to the tail ; For the joy of each sex on the world I'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian,...fame, And among brother mortals be Goldsmith his name ; 40 When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1903 - 432 Seiten
...prevail, 15 Set fire to the head and set fire to the tail; For the joy of each sex on the world I 'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester,...fame, And among brother mortals be Goldsmith his name ; 20 When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1907 - 472 Seiten
...may prevail. Set fire to the head and set fire to the tail ; For the joy of each sex on the world 111 bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester,...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here." The charge of raking, so repeatedly advanced in the GOLDSMITH NO RAKE. 429 foregoing lines, must be... | |
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