 | Books - 1802 - 572 pages
...of praise was excessive, and he was not always attentive to the quarter from which it proceeded : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came,...disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." The censure and opposition of such men as Desfontsints and Freron gave him pain, and he persecuted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1800 - 192 pages
...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...relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd tlie highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded,... | |
 | 1802 - 572 pages
...of praise was excessive, and he was not always attentive to the quarter from which it proceeded : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came....disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." The censure and opposition of such men as Desfontaines and Frertn gave him pain, and he persecuted... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1803 - 646 pages
...this feature in his portrait. — Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what cume, And the puff ot a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost la disease, Who pcjjper'd the highest, was. surest to please. Retaliation. This propensity also rendered... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1803 - 702 pages
...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. Of praise a mere glutton , he swallowed what саше, álfefíe îfjcil bei1 Qfritljebrfltfíro&e «ft &« weft; U4« 216fd)mtt , bin Stoger ClerUon... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 192 pages
...pack, For heknew when hepleas'dhe 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 ; * Vide page 74 Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...confoundedly sick, 75 He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton,...'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... | |
 | Jane West - Women - 1806 - 480 pages
...Muse records this foible of one of her favourite sons * : " Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, " And the puff of a dunce he mistook it..." Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please." .• Garrick. See Goldsmith's poem'of Retaliation, D 4 It still sometimes happens, that a young woman,... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...foible was thus happily hit off by Goldsmith in his Retaliation. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow" d what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame ; Till his relish i.rown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. 2 M 4. The i,. The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...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 t. 'Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please.... | |
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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,... 
