| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...Whitefnord ', from a friend of the late Dr. Goldsmith. HERE Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can> Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a grave man : Rare compound of oddity, frolic, anWun ! Whorelish'da joke, and rejoic'd in a pun 3; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere ; A stranger... | |
| Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - Industrial arts - 1812 - 640 pages
...Goldsmith's poem, called Retaliation. Here WHITEFOORD reclines, and deny it who can, Tho' he merrily lived, he is now a grave man ! Rare compound of oddity, frolic and fun, Who relish'da joke, and rejoic'd in a pun ; Whose temper was gen'rons, open, sincere, A stranger to flattery,... | |
| Richard Polwhele - 1816 - 746 pages
...some measure, be attributed his length of days. " Here Jewell reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a grave man ! Rare compound of oddity, frolic and fun !";£ " Old LAMPSHEER," the lamp-lighter in Jewell's time, and many years after Jewell, died, (as his... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...Goldsmith.] HERE Whitefoord reclines, and, deny it who can, Though he merrily lived, he is now a grave 3 man; Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun! Who relished a joke, and rejoiced in a pun; Whose temper was genarous, open, sincere— A. stranger to flattery, a stranger... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...of the late Dr. Goldsmith.] HERE Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily lived he is now a grave' man: Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun? Who relish'da joke, and rejoiced in a pun; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere; A stranger to flattery,... | |
| Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 430 pages
...most faithful and spirited which it contains. Here Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily liv'd, he is now " a grave man." Rare compound of oddity, frolie, and fun, Who relish'da joke, and rejoic'd in a pun ; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere,... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1825 - 1096 pages
...his well-known poem entitled Retaliation : " Here Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily liv'd, he is now ' a grave man." Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun, Who relish'da joke, and rejoic'd in a pun; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere, A stranger to flatt'ry,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...Whitefoord,34 from a friend of the late Doctor Goldsmith. HERE Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a ^grave man : Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun ! Who relish'da joke, and rejoic'd in a pun ; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere ; A stranger to flattery,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...of the late Dr. Goldsmith. HERE Whitefoord reclines, and deny it who can, Though he merrily lived, he is now a grave » man : Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun ! Who relish'da joke, and rejoiced in a pun ; Whose temper was generous, open, sincere ; A stranger to flatt'ry,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...his trumpet, and only took snuff. POSTSCRIPT. HERE Whitefoord reclines , and deny it who can , Though he merrily liv'd, he is now a grave man : Rare compound of oddity, frolic , and fun ! Who relish'da joke , and rejoic'd in a pun ; Whose temper was generous , open , sincere ; A stranger to... | |
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