 | British poets - 1822 - 296 σελίδες
...Devil Tavern, under the title of ' The School of Shakspeare.' Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came. And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for...disease, "Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 σελίδες
...For he knew when he pleas'd he could wh them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what caraej And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 290 σελίδες
...title of ' The School of Shakspeare.' Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came. And the puft' of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 σελίδες
...For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd whet e, unjust, Whose attributes were rage, revenge, or...And, form'd like tyrants, tyrants would believe. Z But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 σελίδες
...ofi'hls friends as a huntsman his pack ; For he knew, when he pleas'd, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came,...'Till, his relish grown callous, almost to disease, AVho peppcr'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind ¡ If... | |
 | Steam boat companion - 1824 - 228 σελίδες
...glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the pun" of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; 'Till his reKsh 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. applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 σελίδες
...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...Till his relish, grown callous almost to disease, Who pepper1 d the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind. If dunces... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 σελίδες
...For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'^ whit came. And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till, his relish grown callous, almost tc/lisease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest t* please ; But let us be candid, and speak out ou-... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 σελίδες
...lie pleased, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came; And ilie n Book Exchange peppered the highest waa eutesA. Vo \Леаье. But let us be candid, and speak out our miud ; If... | |
 | George Colman - 1830 - 352 σελίδες
...different characters (to say nothing of Hamlet, Lear, Kitely, * " In praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame." Retaliation. Ranger, and various others,) must have possess'd most extraordinary powers, of the very... | |
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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,... 
