 | Washington Irving - 1858 - Страниц: 336
...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 swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - Страниц: 550
...Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, jfthey were not his own by finessing and trick, He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, 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 - 1859 - Страниц: 618
...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 swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - Страниц: 200
...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 dunce he mistook it for fame ; • Tbu Rev. Dr. Dodd. t Dr. Kenrick, who read lectures, under the title of "The School of SUakspere."... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Страниц: 802
...compound interest. These linee occur it Garrick's epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till his relish grew callous, almost to disease ; Who pcpper'd the highest was surest to please." Rut be generously... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - Страниц: 802
...compound interest. These lines occur IB (iarrick's epitaph : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow' d what came And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till his relish grow callous, almost to disease ; Who pepper*d the highest was surest to please." But he generously... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - Страниц: 410
...impressions of one another as travelling companions were sufficiently favourable to induce the party * "He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For...knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back." t Book viii. chap, iv., Dr. Orkborne is described standing on the staircase of an inn absorbed in the... | |
 | 1920 - Страниц: 654
...point an abstract truth. Is there a young reader who will not enjoy the piquant couplet about Garrick : He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back; or the account of Reynolds' tendency to idealize: Still born to... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - Страниц: 1422
...friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him. GOETHE — Torquato Tasso. I. 3. 68. 4 RT) is Hear how he clears the pointa о' Faith Wi'...rattlin' an' thumpin' ! Now meekly calm, now wild in wr GOLDSMITH — Retaliation. L. 107. 6 Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - Страниц: 942
...Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick ; rs gay. She has heard a pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
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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 pleas'd he could whistle them back. 
