 | 1802 - Počet stránok 572
...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...to 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - Počet stránok 192
...finessing and trick : He 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,...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,... | |
 | 1802 - Počet stránok 572
...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...to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." The censure and opposition of such men as Desfontaines and Frertn gave him pain, and he persecuted... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1802 - Počet stránok 332
...pack, For he knew when hepleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind." The... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1803 - Počet stránok 702
...umf>er ifc ((йф, anb ber ^oben fanbig. SDiefe 3frt von Sanb fanben And the puff of a dunce he mistook for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease. Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. Bat let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded , be paid them in kind. wir... | |
 | John Aikin - 1803 - Počet stránok 646
...this feature in his portrait. — Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what cume, And the puff ot a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost la disease, Who pcjjper'd the highest, was. surest to please. Retaliation. This propensity also rendered... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - Počet stránok 192
...pack, For heknew when hepleas'dhe could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow 'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; * Vide page 74 Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - Počet stránok 264
...by finessing and trick: He 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,...to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. H2... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - Počet stránok 248
...finessing and trick : He 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,...to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye... | |
 | Jane West - 1806 - Počet stránok 480
...refined taste of superior intelligence ? The Muse records this foible of one of her favourite sons * : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,...disease, " Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." .• Garrick. See Goldsmith's poem'of Retaliation, D 4 It still sometimes happens, that a... | |
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Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his 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... 
