 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. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,...  Poems, Plays and Essays - Page 104by Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 530 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Books - 1802 - 572 pages
...always attentive to the quarter from which it proceeded : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." The censure and opposition of such men as Desfontsints and Freron gave him pain, and he persecuted... | |
 | 1774 - 846 pages
...almoft to difeafe, Who pepper' J, the higheft, was fureft to pleafe. But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Glovers fo grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub-ltreet re-echo... | |
 | History - 1778 - 630 pages
...almoft to difeafe, Who pepper'd the higheft, was fureft to pleafe. • But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls fo grave. What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub ftreet re-echo the ihouts... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Actors - 1780 - 458 pages
...a'.moft to difeafe, Who pepper'd the higheft was fureft to pleafe. Bi>t let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind ; If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls, fo grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How dkl Grub-ftreet re-echo the fhc'^ts... | |
 | Europe - 1780 - 852 pages
...callous, almoft to difeafc ; Who pepper'd the higheft was furcft topleafe. Kut let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind; If dunces applauded he paid them in kind, .Ye Kenricks, ye Kelleys, and Woodfalls, fo grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-ilrect... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...almoft to difeafe,'' Who pepper'd the higheft, was fureft to pleafe. " But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye * Kenricks, yefKellys, and jWoodfalls fo grave? What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ?' HowdidGrub-ftreetre-echo... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...grown callous, almofl todifeafe, he higheft was fureft to pleafe : But But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind ; If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls fo grave, N"What a commerce was youia, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub-ftreet re-echo the... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...callous, almoft to difeafe, Who pepper'd the higheft was fureft to pleafe. But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Ke.llys, and Woodfalls fo grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave? How did Grub-ftreet re-echo the fhouts... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...cast off his 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'd what came,...relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd tlie highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded,... | |
 | History - 1801 - 554 pages
...almoft to difeaie, Who pepper'd the highelt, was fureft to pleafe. But let us be candid, and fpeak out our mind) If 'dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, ahd Woodfalls fo grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave t How did Grub-ftreet... | |
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