Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire... The Port Folio - Page 2961808Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1794 - 610 pages
...bellow it, This Scholar, Rake, Chrijiian, Dupt, Gamtfler and Poet : Tho' a mixture fo odd, he (hall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name! When on earth this ftrange meteor no more (hall appear, You, Hermes, (hall fetch him, to make us fport here ! D. G,... | |
| 1780 - 498 pages
...beftow it, This fcholar, rake, Chriftian, dupe, gamejler, and poet : Though a mixture fo odd, he fhall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name ; When on earth this ftrange meteor no more fhall appear, You, Hermes, fhall fetch him to make us fport here. A Candid... | |
| John Almon - 1784 - 422 pages
...beftow it : This Scholar, Rake, Chriftian, Dupe, Gamefter, and Poet, Thro' amixture fo odd, he fhall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name ! When on earth this ftraugc meteor, no more fhall appear, You Hermes lhall fetch him, to make us fport here! EPIGRAM.... | |
| 1785 - 304 pages
...bcflow it : This Scholar, Rake, Chriftian, Dupe, GameJ}ert and Pact, Tho' a mixture fo odd, he fhall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name. When on earth this ftrange meteor, no more fhall appear, You litmus fhall fetch him, to make us fport here .' The following... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...beftow it, Ttiisfcholar, rake, Cbrijlian, dupe, gamtfler, and poet : Though a mixture fo odd, he fhall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name ; When taliation, and at their next meeting produced the poem. The laft work of this ingenious author, was... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1798 - 282 pages
...beftow it, This fcholar, rake, chriftian, dupe, gamefter, and poet. Though a mixture fo odd, he fliall merit great fame, And among brother mortals be GOLDSMITH his name. When on earth this ftrange meteor no more Ihall appear, You, Hermes, fhall fetch him, to make us fport here. A FEW years... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pages
...poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to his head, and set fire to his tail : For the joy of each sex on the world I'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian,...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here. A few years after his death a monument, by Nollikens, was erected in Westminster Abbey, by a collection... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1805 - 264 pages
...poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to his head, and set fire to his tail ; For the joy of each sex on the world I'll bestow it, This scholar, rake, Christian,...here." To these we shall add another sketch of our author (by way of Epitaph), written by a friend as soon as he heard of his death : " HERE rests, from... | |
| 1805 - 608 pages
...each sex, on the world I'll bestow it, This Scholar, Rahe, Christian, Dupe, Gamester, and Poet : Tho' a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport l.ere ! DG i On Dr. GOLDSMITH'S CHARACTEEISTICAL COOKERY. A Jeu D'Esprit. By DG Esq. ARE these the... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...Philosophe galant, que son âme s'allume This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet. Thro' a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among...You, Hermes, shall fetch him, to make us sport here, Aux rayons de la gloire, au flambeau de l'amour; Savant, roué, chrétien, joueur, dupe, poëte, Qu'il... | |
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