 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.  Wit and Humor - Strona 250autor: Leigh Hunt - 1846 - Liczba stron: 261Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - Liczba stron: 400
...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 :...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, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - Liczba stron: 160
...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 ;...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, And the puff... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - Liczba stron: 594
...he paid oil' hie friend Garrick with compound interest. These lines occur in Garrlck's epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till hi« relish grew callous, almost to disease ; Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." But lie... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - Liczba stron: 458
...unfortunate part of his otherwise benevolent character. Perhaps, as Goldsmith asserted of Garrick— He threw off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. * This assertion is made from very vague reports, as in the Morning Chronicle, the Evening Star, and... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - Liczba stron: 606
...and he paid off hie friend Garrick with compound interest. These linel occur Ш Garrick'e epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fama, Till hia relish grew callous, almost to disease ; Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please."... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1851 - Liczba stron: 596
...compound interest. These une* ocrttr Ganrlck'i epitaph : •' Of praise a mere glutton, be awallow'd what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame. Till his relish grew callous, almost to disease ; Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." Bat he geoeroujly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Liczba stron: 674
...a-day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If !hey were not his own by finessing nnd 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, Au'l the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Liczba stron: 380
...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 friends, as a huntsman his pack ; Tor he knew, when he pleas'd, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 500
...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 :...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 grown callous,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - Liczba stron: 524
...Homer. He tum'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...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; "Till his relish grown callous,... | |
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