 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 oldal
...Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. CC COLTON— Lawn. P. 127. 4 Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd l @XkYk@V . liis relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. GOLDSMITH... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 oldal
...pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd doth bree But let us be candid, and speak out our mind; If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 oldal
...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,...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,... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - 1926 - 220 oldal
...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...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,... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - 1926 - 332 oldal
...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,...Till, his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. ^•••••••* But peace to his spirit wherever... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 oldal
...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, 109 . But let us be candid, and speak out our mind : If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks,... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 oldal
...affecting; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting. of David Garrick Retaliation (1774)!. loi 4 Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it lor fame. of David Garrick Retaliation (1774) I. loi 5 When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios,... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 oldal
...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,...Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... | |
 | David Haven Blake - 2008 - 269 oldal
...Adair quotes Oliver Goldsmith in what might be regarded as a concise expression of the founders' views: "Of praise a mere glutton he swallowed what came, / and the puff of a dunce, he mistook for fame."29 As early as 1813, Adams was stewing over his countrymen's lack of respect for the distinction.... | |
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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 pleased he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came,... 
