| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 560 oldal
...Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental...bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone." bras ; it is Don Quixote, it is our Satyre Menisse blended... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1819 - 390 oldal
...• Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No genrous patron would a dinner give. See him when stared to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The Poet's fate it here in emblem shown, He ask'dfor bread, find he receiv'da stone. Which is thus translated by the... | |
| William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 oldal
...in the gnawing pangs of starvation. Some one has thus aptly alluded to the circumstance ; ' " When Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him resolved to clay, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ; The poet's fate is here in... | |
| 1823 - 872 oldal
...monument in Westminster Abbey, to the memory of the ingenious Mr Butler, author of Hvdibras, While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. See him when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! Tin poet's fate is here in... | |
| Adam Clarke - 1824 - 466 oldal
...yet alive, No purse-proud printer would a dinner give. See him, when starv'd to death, and turn'd U< dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shewn ; He aslc'd for bread, and he received a ttont." In the printed copies " no generous patron"... | |
| 1824 - 394 oldal
...wretch, was yet alive, No eenerous patron would a dinner give. See him resolved to ciay, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ; The poet's...fate is here in emblem shown, He asked for bread, and ue received a stone . A gentleman found Dryden in his old age exposed to the attacks of poverty,, and... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 382 oldal
...writhed in the gnawing pangs of starvation. Some one has thus aptly alluded to the circumstance : w When Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him resolved to clay, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust : The poet's fate is here in... | |
| 1825 - 204 oldal
...alive, • • l*Jo generous patron would a dinner give. See him, when starv'd to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. An Omelet. A merry wag, who had the reputation of being an... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1826 - 320 oldal
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No geuerous patron would a dinner give ; See him, resolv'd to clay and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : — He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stoue !" A gentleman found Dryden in his old age exposed to the attacks... | |
| Richard Ryan - 1826 - 320 oldal
...Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No geuerous patron would a dinner give ; See him, resolv'd to clay and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : — He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone !" A gentleman found Dryden in his old age exposed to the attacks... | |
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