| Gulian C. Verplanck - New York (State) - 1819 - 226 pages
...patron's taste. Indeed I was in his service several months before I found out that Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. Pi PUFF. Page 131. " While all the plunder that rewards my toils, He makes his own—for what he steals... | |
| Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - New York (State) - 1819 - 310 pages
...patron's taste. Indeed I was in his service several months before I found out that Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a...callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was sorest to please. Page 131. *' While all the plunder that rewards my toils, He makes his own—for... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he plcas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a...he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye * Kellys, and f Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub-street re-echo... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pages
...friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a...dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye * Kelly s, and t Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! * Mr Hugh... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a...dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellya *, and Woodfalls f so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pages
...pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; * James Macpherson, esq. who lately, from the mere force of his style, wrote down the first poet... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 296 pages
...read lectures at the 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...applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys l7 , and Woodfalls l8 so grave, [y ou gave! What a commerce was yours, while you got and How did Grub-street... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - Bible - 1822 - 194 pages
...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 of a...dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, yeKellys17, and Woodfalls18 so grave, What a commerce was yours while you got and you gave! How did... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 428 pages
...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...he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys,* and Woodfallsf so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! [rais'd, How did Grub-street... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...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...applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys > 7 , and Woodfalls l3 so grave, [you gave! What a commerce was yours, while you got and How did Grub-street... | |
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