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" Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. "
The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 20
1803
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 77-78

John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...place: Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dry den alone ( what wonder ? ) came not nigh, 24 5 Dryden alone escap'd this judging eye, But still...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1796 - 500 pages
...place: Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with prai'e ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Drydenalone...
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Satires

Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...the poet a handsome present. The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still! he paid in kind." Where every door, secur'd by iron plates, Is watch'd, like a beleagur'd city's gates. Nay, he will...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...: Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days ate ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder ?) came not nigh ; 245 Dryden alone escap'd this judging eye : But still...
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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford ...

Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...now what sneaking ways #c.] The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: ". Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still! he paid in kind." There is a very good story told by Macrobius, which will not be much out of the way here. A Greek poet...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 576 pages
...what sneaking ways $-c.-] The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: , . " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still ! he paid in kind." There is a very good story told by Macrobius, which will not be much out of the wriy here. A Greek...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 572 pages
...in part from this animated passage: " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid some burds with port, and some with praise; " To some a dry rehearsal...assign'd, " And others, harder still! he paid in kind." There is a very good story told by Macrobius, which will not be much out of the way here. A Greek poet...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...place ; Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat. Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise.f DR. YOUNG'S parasites and flatterers are painted with equal humour, and a generous contempt...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis

Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 582 pages
...now uiftai sneaking ways ^-c.] The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid some bards with port, and sonic with praise; " To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, " And others, harder still ! he paid in...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...place: Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat; 940 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder!) came not nigh; 545 Dryden alone escap'd this judging eye: But still the...
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