 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.  La Belle Assemblée - Pagina 151809Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bell - 1796 - 480 pagina’s
...hand in hand in song. His library (where busts of poets dead 235 Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place:...his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise... | |
 | 1796 - 500 pagina’s
...dead 235 And a true Pindar stood without a head} Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who fiist his judgment ask'd, and then a place: Much they extoll'd...his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with prai'e... | |
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pagina’s
...the poet a handsome present. The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still! he paid in kind." Where every door, secur'd by iron plates, Is watch'd, like a beleagur'd city's gates. Nay, he will... | |
 | 1803 - 572 pagina’s
...poet a handsome present. 4 The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated yassagc : " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...assign'd, And others, harder still ! he paid in kind." Mr. Gifford acknowleges his obligations to the Rev. Mr. Ireland, Vicar of Croydon, and to Abraham More,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pagina’s
...busts of poets dead 235 And a true Pindar stood without a head) Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place...much his seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days ate ; 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 464 pagina’s
...(where busts of poets dead,* And a true Pindar stood without a head) Rereiv'd of wits an undistinguished race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place...He paid some bards with port, and some with praise, f DR. YOUNG'S parasites and flatterers are painted with equal humour, and a generous contempt of servility... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...(where busts of poets dead,* And a true Pindar stood without a head) Eeceiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place...days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise.f DR. YOUNG'S parasites and flatterers are painted with equal humour, and a generous contempt... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pagina’s
...now what sneaking ways #c.] The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: ". Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still! he paid in kind." There is a very good story told by Macrobius, which will not be much out of the way here. A Greek poet... | |
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 576 pagina’s
...what sneaking ways $-c.-] The Bufo of Pope is shadowed out in part from this animated passage: , . " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid...assign'd, " And others, harder still ! he paid in kind." There is a very good story told by Macrobius, which will not be much out of the wriy here. A Greek... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pagina’s
...a head) Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place j Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And...days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise.f• Da. YOUNG'S parasites and flatterers are painted with equal humour, and a generous contempt... | |
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