 | William Henry Smyth - Astronomical observatories - 1851 - 458 pages
...unfortunate part of his otherwise benevolent character. Perhaps, as Goldsmith asserted of Garrick— He threw off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. * This assertion is made from very vague reports, as in the Morning... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...Twas only that when he was off he wan acting : With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned ncoln heart«, yet confoundedly eick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : He cast off his friends... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...a-day: Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If !hey were not his own by finessing nnd trick: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack,...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, Au'l the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame ; Till bis relish, grown callous... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 380 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...trick. He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack ; Tor he knew, when he pleas'd, he could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 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 ; no Till his relish grown callous,... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...was only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day. Though secure...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous,... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 572 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...he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. * " Oar Dods shall be pious, our Kenricks shall lecture." Kenrick's Lectures on Shakspeare began at... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...simple, affecting, 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting ; With no reason on earth to go out with money in it, but nobody would meddle with it. I Tho' secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick ;... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Law - English literature - 1926 - 328 pages
...'Twas only that when he was off he was acting. With no reason on earth to go out of his way, He turned and he varied full ten times a day; Though secure...could whistle them back. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallowed what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame, Till, his relish grown callous,... | |
 | Wilfred Whitten - English essays - 1926 - 212 pages
...compare minds, and cherish private virtues." Goldsmith seems to have taken the same view of Garrick :"Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick...knew when he pleased he could whistle them back." It is difficult to conceive that Hamlet's friendship with Horatio had been founded on reasoned selection,... | |
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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. 
