 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 80 pages
...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,...came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; no Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest, was surest to please.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1872 - 458 pages
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them baclc. 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... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...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...what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for tame, " (tion. It is a striking proof of Doctor " 'Goldsmith's good nature. I saw this 'sheet of paper... | |
 | John Seely Hart - English language - 1874 - 412 pages
...point of all my greatness; And from the full meridian of my glory 92. Of praise a mere glutton, be swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. — Goldsmith. 93. She looks as clear As morning roses, newly washed in dew. — Shakipeare. 94. Let... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 614 pages
...spitting on your face, to make it clean. — Young: * IMVP of Fame* 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. — Goldsmith: 'Retaliation* Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest, Save he who courts the flattery—... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 350 pages
...cast off his friends, as a Huntsman, his pack ; Forheknew.whenhe pleased, hecould whistle themback. 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... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 610 pages
...Young: * Lore of Fame.9 Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a duuce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous,...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. — Goldsmith: ^Retaliation.* Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest, Save he who courts the flattery.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 468 pages
...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 pepperM the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded,... | |
 | Walter Rowlands - 1903 - 388 pages
...expired." Some of Goldsmith's inimitable lines on Garrick refer to the great actor's vanity, — " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed .what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame." This failing must have been strong in Garrick when he found his figure in Hogarth's picture lacking... | |
 | Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - Authors, Irish - 1904 - 520 pages
...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... | |
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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,... 
