 | Jane West - 1806 - 480 страници
...superior intelligence ? The Muse records this foible of one of her favourite sons * : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, " And the puff of..." Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." .• Garrick. See Goldsmith's poem'of Retaliation, D 4 It still sometimes happens, that a young woman,... | |
 | Select collection - 1806 - 262 страници
...pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed 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... | |
 | William Hogarth - 1808 - 346 страници
...following lines: o " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, " And the puff of a dunce,—he mistook it for fame; " Till his relish grown callous...mind; " If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind." We cannot omit the following tribute to the memory of Mr. Garrick, in Dr. Johnson's Life of Edmund... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 страници
...foible was thus happily hit off by Goldsmith in his Retaliation. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow" d what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish i.rown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. 2 M 4. The i,. The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 страници
...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, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame t. 'Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please.... | |
 | 1809 - 402 страници
...callous, almost to disease, V bo pepper'd the hijjhot was sure best to please. But let >'.••!,( candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kcnricks, yc Kell) s,aud \Yoodlalls so grave, \Vbata commerce was yours, while you got and you gave... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 102 страници
...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 Kellysf, and WoodfallsJ fo grave, Whatcommerce was yours, while you got and you gave* How did Grub-ftreet... | |
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 страници
...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, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grew callous, almost to disease, W1io pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 страници
...he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton.heswallow'd what came, And thepuff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease. Who pcpper'd the highest was surest to please. But l«t us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 страници
...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere g1utton,he swallow' d what came, And the puff of a dunce be mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease. Who pi'pper'd the highest was surest to please. Tint 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 swallow'd what came,... 
