 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 pages
...simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times...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 ; Till his relish grown callous,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...acting With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a-day : he stations of empress, friend, wife, arid mother,...Fuit PltMdent of th» Ceremonial AсntIсmy at P "The Res. Dr. Dodd. t Dr. Renrick, who read isetane at the Devil Tavern, under the title of '• The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a-day ; Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick...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 came, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a-day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick...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; Till his relish, grown callous... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 pages
...acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a-day : Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick...friends , as a huntsman his 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... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1842 - 650 pages
...simple, affecting, 'Twae only that when he was off, he -was acting; With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times a day." " He carried with him," says the delightful Charles Lamb, " pit, boxes, and gallery, and set up his... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Politicians - 1844 - 432 pages
...simple, affecting ; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turn'd and he varied full ten times...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 ; Till his relish grown callous,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Twos only that when he was off he was acting : With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned When sports went round, and all were gay, oil' his friends a» a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he pleased, he could whistle then back.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...Twas only that when he was off he was acting : With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along From peak to peak, the rattling In,- own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1844 - 400 pages
...yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends, like a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle thei Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame... | |
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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. 
