 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 - Page 250by Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Cumberland - Dramatists, English - 1856 - 424 pages
...Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they were not his own by finessing and trick : Ho 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, And the puff... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...way, He turned 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 batk. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 pages
...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... | |
 | William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...Fill the go'b|let agai'n, | for I ne'v|er befo're — Of pra'ise | a mere glu't|ton, he swal]lowed what ca'me, And the pu'ff [ of a du'nce | he mistoo'k | it for fa'me — The Amy'r ji;in came do'wn | like a wo'lf | on the fold, And his co'|horts were glea'm|ing with... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Bookbinding - 1859 - 200 pages
...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 :...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 ; • Tbu Rev. Dr. Dodd. t Dr.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...turn'd and he varied full ten times a day : Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, jfthey were not his own by finessing and trick, He cast off...For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them bu-W. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the pufT of a dunce he mistook it for fame... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - England - 1859 - 618 pages
...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: He...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... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 924 pages
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed ion of the song, Whose master's hand is cold, whose silver no Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please.... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Authors, English - 1918 - 186 pages
...way, He turned 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... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 422 pages
...way, He turned 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...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... | |
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