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" Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff of a dunce he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces... "
The Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge - Page 292
1774
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...almost to disease. Who pcpper'd the highest was surest to please. But l«t us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kerncks, ye Kcllys.'J and Windfalls" so nri . E™Ve> [you gave f What a commerce was your'«, while...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 pages
...almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind,' If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye* Kellys, and f Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, whileyougot andyou gave? How did Grub-street re-echo...
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The provok'd husband, by Sir J. Vanbrugh and C. Cibber. The conscious lovers ...

James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 552 pages
...death, speaking of Garrick and his great appetite for praise, he says, But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kearicks, ye Kelljs, and Woodfalls so grave! What a commerce was yours, while \ou got and you Rave...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith ...: To which is Prefixed an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1813 - 124 pages
...almost to disease^ Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye *Kellys, and fWoodfall so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave? / *^ How did Grub-street...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...mistook it for fame ; Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease, But let us be candid, and speak out our mind ; If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, aud Woodfalls so grave, VMiat a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! [raisd, How did Grub-street...
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The Traveller, The Deserted Village, and Other Poems ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Book ornamentation - 1817 - 192 pages
...callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys", and WoodfaHs" so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with ..., Volume 2

Thomas Davies - Theater - 1818 - 312 pages
...callous, ahnost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid and speak out our mind ; If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re...
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The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pages
...callous, almost to disease, Who peppered the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellys, 1 and WoodfahV- so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did Grub-street...
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Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poems

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1820 - 488 pages
...almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest, was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye * Kellys, and f Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ? How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...callous, almost to disease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. But let us be candid, and speak out our mind, If dunces applauded, he paid them in kind. Ye Kenricks, ye Kellya *, and Woodfalls f so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave! How did...
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