 | William Henry Smyth - 1851 - 458 lehte
...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 - 1851 - 764 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 - 1854 - 354 lehte
...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 - 1854 - 430 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 - 1924 - 942 lehte
...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 - 1926 - 328 lehte
...'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 - 1926 - 212 lehte
...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. 
