 | James Beattie - 1809 - 406 σελίδες
...Islands, provokes a smile instead of admiration, by a contrast of this kind. With candid plantaneg, and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And — with potatoes fat their wanton swine. 2. Mean sentiments, or expressions, in the mouth of those who assume airs of... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 σελίδες
...that the blest tenant feeds On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds. With candied plantains and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. Mature these cates with such a lavish hand Fours out among them, that our coarser... | |
 | Joshua Marsden - 1816 - 324 σελίδες
...unplanted, thro' the fields do grow, Such as fierce Cato did the Romans show ; With candy'd plantains and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine ; And with potatoes, fat their wanton swine. Ripe fruits and blossoms on th<j same tree liye : At once they promise, what... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 σελίδες
...that the blest tenant feeds On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds. With camly'd plantains, and the juicy pine, On choicest melons, and sweet grapes, they dine : And with potatoes tat their wautou swine. Nature these cates with such a lavish hand Pours out among them, that our coarser... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 280 σελίδες
...that the bless'd tenant feeds On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds. With candied plantains and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. Nature these cates with such a lavish hand Fours out among them, that our coarser... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 σελίδες
...citrons, or sugar and violen, and some other Dowers, and mixtar? nf amber. Bacon, With candy'd plantaues, e charmed, Could not rind death, where I did hear him groan . Nor Waller. CAS'DY; LION'S FOOT. See CATANANCIIE. CANDY, or SVGAR CANDY, a preparation of sugar made by... | |
 | Georgia Historical Society - 1840 - 334 σελίδες
...the rare fruit inviting them to spoil Carthage, the mistress of so rich a soil. With candid plantines and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And with potatoes fat their lusty swine. • The kind spring, which but salutes us here, Inhabits there and courts them... | |
 | 1845 - 952 σελίδες
...that the blest tenant feeds On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds. With candy'd plantains and the juicy pine. On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. Nature these cates with such a lavish hand Pours out among them, that our coarser... | |
 | 1847 - 424 σελίδες
...shining pearl, coral, and many a pound On the rich shore of Ambergris is found ! With candy'd plantains and the juicy pine, On choicest melons and sweet grapes they dine, And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. * * • * For the kind spring which but salutes us here Inhabits there and... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1854 - 276 σελίδες
...that the blessed tenant feeds On precious fruits, and pays his rent in weeds. With candied plantains, and the juicy pine, On choicest melons, and sweet grapes, they dine, And with potatoes fat their wanton swine. Nature these cates with such a lavish hand Pours out among them, that our coarser... | |
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Nature these cates with such a lavish hand Pours out among them, that our coarser land Tastes of that bounty, and does cloth return, Which not for warmth, but ornament, is worn; For the kind spring, which but salutes us here, Inhabits there, and courts... 
