 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
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1868 - 526 Seiten
...each sex on the world I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet, Tho' a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among...be GOLDSMITH his name ! When on earth this strange mixture no more shall appear, You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here ! " Again we may... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1868 - 520 Seiten
...merit great fame, And among brother mortals, be GOLDSMITH his name ! When on earth this strange mixture no more shall appear, You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here ! " Again we may heartily wish that the two had known each other better. A man of the world like Garrick... | |
 | Percy Fitzgerald - 1868 - 510 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, Tho' a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals, be GOLDSMITH his name... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 774 Seiten
...; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to his head, and set fire to his tail : And among brother mortals — be GOLDSMITH his name....Hermes, shall fetch him— to make us sport here. OH Dr. Goldsmith's Characteristical Cookery. A IKU D'FSPRIT. ARE these the choice dishes the Doctor... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 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, dupe, gamester, mA Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame. And among brother mortals— be GOLDSMITH his... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 644 Seiten
...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,...earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Hei-mes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here." The charge of raking, so repeatedly advanced in the... | |
 | William Clark Russell - 1871 - 550 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,...Hermes, shall fetch him — to make us sport here," As a companion to this I will quote Judge Day's portrait of him as communicated in a letter to Mr.... | |
 | David Pryde - 1871 - 190 Seiten
...mix these ingredients, which, warmed in the baking, Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame,...And among brother mortals, be Goldsmith his name." It is scarcely necessary to say that the same methods may be applied to the description of the inferior... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 Seiten
...fire to the head and set fire to the tail; For the joy of each sex on the world I'll bestow it, The scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester and poet,...great fame, And among brother mortals be Goldsmith hU name ; When on earth this strange meteor no more shall appear, You, Herraes, shall fetch him —... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1875 - 160 Seiten
...the world I'll bestow it, This scholart rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet. Though a m1xture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here.' " The charge of raking, so repeatedly advanced in the foregoing lines, must be considered a sportive... | |
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