 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - Liczba stron: 538
...no, for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest P ah, no ! Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and, burn ye : He was, could he help it ? —... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1837 - Liczba stron: 316
...permit him to come. The lines have a melancholy interest, from being the last which the author wrote. " Here Reynolds Is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not kit a wiser or better behind , ... His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1838 - Liczba stron: 404
...exciting the reader's curiosity by a variety of questions, he persists in asking what the fault is, Come tell it, and burn ye, He was could he help it, a special attorney. The deafness of the late excellent Sir Joshua Reynolds is well managed. Here Reynolds reclines, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - Liczba stron: 358
...who has written fine books ? Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends cooks. » Vide page 64. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was...He was, could he help it ? a special attorney. Here *2 Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind , He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - Liczba stron: 430
..." He cherished his friend, and he relished a^mmper ; Yet one fault he had, and that was a thumper, Then, what was his failing ? come, tell it, and burn...: He was, could he help it ? a special attorney." The following playful colloquy in verse took place at a dinner-table between Sir George Rose and himself,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - Liczba stron: 398
...False Delicacy, Word to l the Wise, C'lementina, School for Wives, &c., &c. Thou what was his failing i come tell it, and burn ye: He was, could he help it...Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He ha« not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - Liczba stron: 292
...No, for he always waa wiser. Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat ? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so waa too foolishly honest ? Ah, no ? Then what was his failing ? come tell it, and burn ye, He was,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - Liczba stron: 416
...no , for he always was wiser : Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as...Then what was his failing? come tell it, and, burn yeHe was , could he help it? — a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid , and to tell you my mind... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - Liczba stron: 550
...meat, but the Devil sends cooks. Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat? His very worst foe can't accuse him of that. Perhaps he confided in men as...ah, no! Then what was his failing? come tell it, and bum ye « He was, could he help it? a special attorney. Here Reynolds is laid, and to tell you my mind,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - Liczba stron: 276
...— for he always was wiser ; Too courteous, perhaps, or obligingly flat 1 His very worst foe can't accuse him of that; Perhaps he confided in men as they go, And so was too foolishly honest ? Ah, no ! " Hickey, alias kmeit Tom Hickey, appears to have been acquainted with some of the must eminent literary... | |
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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? 
