 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Počet stránok 802
...compound interest. These linee occur it Garrick's epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till his relish grew callous, almost to disease ; Who pcpper'd the highest was surest to please." Rut be generously... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Počet stránok 802
...compound interest. These lines occur IB (iarrick's epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow' d what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till his relish grow callous, almost to disease ; Who pepper*d the highest was surest to please." But he generously... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - Počet stránok 100
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...'Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please." his talents to literature. He conducted for a time the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - Počet stránok 182
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...disease, Who pepper"d the highest, was surest to please. * The Rev. Dr. William Dodd.' t Dr. Kenrick, who read lectures at the Devil Tavern, under the title... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - Počet stránok 726
...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,...till his relish grown callous almost to disease, who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid and speak out our mind, if dunces applauded,... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - Počet stránok 574
...Vide page 130. sl Vide page 128. !c Vide page 129. M " And gods meet gods, and jostle in the dark.'' Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came,...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
 | 1866 - Počet stránok 412
...pack, For he knew when he pleas 'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper 'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
 | Dublin University Magazine,A Literary and Political Journal - 1867 - Počet stránok 726
...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,...the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame. Till hiâ relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the lightest was sorest to please. But k>t... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - Počet stránok 752
...to make it clean. Young, L. ofF. 1. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the pufT of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. GotdsmM, Retaliation. He who can listen pleased to such applause, Buys at a dearer rate than I dare... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - Počet stránok 428
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper' d the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind : If dunces... | |
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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 swallowed what came,... 
