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" Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; 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... "
The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge - Page 292
1774
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George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes, Volume 4

John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1844 - 432 pages
...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, ye Kcllys, and Woodfalls so grave ! What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let ив be candid, and speak volley speeds, And Albert, Albert falls ! the dear old fath Kcuricks, ye Kellys, and Wood falls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
...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, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys,* and Woodfallst so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 290 pages
...almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us bo candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys," and Woodfalls16 so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub Street re-echo...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...almost to disease, WJ,o pepper' d the highest, was surest toplease. . But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys," and Woodfalls" so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and yon gave : How did Grub Street re-echo...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...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, ye Kellys, i4 and Woodfalls" so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub Street...
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Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...almost to disease, Who peppcr'd the highest was purest to please. liut let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What ft commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Volume 1

John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 734 pages
...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, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, wliile you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...callous, almost to ducasc, Who pcpper'd the highest was mreat to please. Hut let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Cyclopedia of English Literature: a Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...callous almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak ld & Lincoln Woodfalle во grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub Street re-echo...
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