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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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Neuer deutscher Hausschatz für Freunde der Künste und ..., Volumes 3-4

1866 - 412 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 Woodfalls ***) so grave What a commerce was your's, while you got and you gave! *) Dr. tfenricf. **)...
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Golden Leaves from the British Poets

John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 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, and "Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Lyra Elegantiarum

Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 410 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 Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith: with a notice of his life and genius ...

Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - English poetry - 1867 - 200 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,f and WoodfallsJ so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave!...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith. Ed. by B. Corney

Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 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 Woodfalla so grave, What a commerce was yours while you got and you gave, How did Grab-street re-echo...
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Poet's Walk: An Introduction to English Poetry

Mowbray Morris - English poetry - 1898 - 394 pages
...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, and Woodfalls, so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gave ! How did Grub-street re-echo...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 11

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 600 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, ye Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours while you got and you gave; How did Grub-street re-echo...
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Oliver Goldsmith: A Memoir

Austin Dobson - 1899 - 296 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 Kendricks, ye Kellys, and Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gavel...
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The Life of David Garrick

Percy Fitzgerald - Actors - 1899 - 514 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 Keuricks, ye Kellys, ye Woodfalls so grave, What a commerce was yours, while you got and you gnve !...
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British Anthologies, Volume 9

Edward Arber - English poetry - 1900 - 482 pages
...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, and WOODFALLS so grave, Whatacommerce was yours! while you gotandyou gave. How did Grub Street re-echo...
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