 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 страници
...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... | |
 | 1778 - 630 страници
...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 страници
...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,... | |
 | 1783 - 800 страници
...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,... | |
 | 1785 - 304 страници
...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... | |
 | 1785 - 320 страници
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 страници
...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... | |
 | 1792 - 530 страници
...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 308 страници
...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—... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 272 страници
...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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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? 
