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" 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 296
1808
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 20

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,...
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London Review, Volume 11

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...
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The New Foundling Hospital for Wit: Being a Collection of Fugitive ..., Volume 2

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....
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

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...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

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...
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Essays and Criticisms, by Dr. Goldsmith;: With an Account of the ..., Volume 2

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...
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Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell

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...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life ...

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...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 20

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...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

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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