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" He cherish'd his friend, and he relish'da bumper ; Yet one fault he had, and that one was a thumper. Perhaps you may ask if the man was a miser? I answer, no, no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat? "
Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ... - Page 341
by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 357 pages
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...p. 7." F Perhaps i8 Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fo was too foolifhly honeft ; ah no I Then what was his failing? come tell it, and burn ye*, He was, could he help it ? a fpecial attorney. Here (g) Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wifer or better...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 17

History - 1778 - 630 pages
...he always was wifer : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? , His very worft foe can't accufe him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go^ And io was too fooliihly honeft ; ah no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye, He was,...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...he always was wifer : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worft foe can't accufe him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fo was too foolifhly honeft ? ah no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye.~ He was,...
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The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge

1783 - 800 pages
...by Dr. Goldfmith, in his Poem of Retaliation : the fuppofed epitaph on Sir Jolhua is as follows. ' Here Reynolds is laid ; and to tell you my mind, He has not left a wifer or better behind ! His pencil was ftriking, refiftlefs and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying,...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

1785 - 304 pages
...always w as wifer. Too courteous perhaps, or obligingly flat ? • His very worft foe can't accufe him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fo was too fooiifhly honeft ? ah no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye,' — He...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...can't accnfe him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, Andfo was too foolilhly honeft ? ;ih no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye,-— Ht was, could he help it ? a fpecial attorney. Here } Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...for he always was wifer: Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ! His very worft foe can't accufe him of that : Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fb was too foolimly honeft i ah no ! n what was his failing I come tell it, and burn . He was, could...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 91

1792 - 530 pages
...recollection. — Gold-: fmitVs character of him, in his witty poem, ' Retaliation,' was never diiputed : Here Reynolds is laid *, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wifer or better behind. His pencil was ftriking, refiftlefs, and grand; His manners were gentle, compliant,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. Goldsmith: Containing All His Essays and Poems

Oliver Goldsmith - Essays - 1792 - 308 pages
...h* always was wifer. Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His .very worft foe can't accufe him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go. And fo was too foolifhly honeIt ?— -Ah, no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye—...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1794 - 272 pages
...he always was wifer : Too courteous, perhaps, 6r obligingly ftat ; His very worft foe can't accufe him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And fo was too foolifhly honcft ? — Ah. no ! Then what was his failing? come tell it, and burn ye, He...
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