 | Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 pages
...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 swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Irish Literature (in English) - 1854 - 348 pages
...Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick Jf 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 swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
 | Agnes Valmar (fict. name.) - 1854 - 330 pages
...you whenever they choose. They are all alike—all like Goldsmith's description of Garrick, " "Who ' cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.'" " Nevertheless, you must positively consult Dr. Thomson, "Walter!"... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1855 - 582 pages
...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 Utck. Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 560 pages
...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 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 ;... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...a statesman, too proud for a wit. Line 94. An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Line 107. He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased, he could whistle them back. She Stoops to Conquer. Act 3. Ask me no questions, and I '11 tell... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - Dramatists, English - 1856 - 414 pages
...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. And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 pages
...Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick If they were not his own by finessing and trick : IFc 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, „ And the... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - Dramatists, English - 1856 - 424 pages
...Though secure of our hearts, yet confoundedly sick, If they were not his own by finessing and trick : Ho 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, And the puff... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 304 pages
...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 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 ;... | |
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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. 
