 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 - Sida 151809Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Juvenal - 1806 - 572 sidor
...in part from this animated passage: " Till grown more frugal in his riper days, " He paid some burds with port, and some with praise; " To some a dry rehearsal...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 - 582 sidor
...now uiftai 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 some bards with port, and sonic with praise; " To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, " And others, harder still ! he paid in... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 sidor
...true Pindar stood without a head) Rcceiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his iudgment ask'd, and then a place : Much they extoll'd his pictures,...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 sidor
...hand in hand in song. His library (where busts of poets dead StS Rcceiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place:...extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat; 940 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 sidor
...(where busts of poets dead, 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:...extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat: Till grown more frngal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 sidor
...and then a pIacc ; Mnch they extoll'd his pictures, mnch his seat, And flattcr'd every day, and somo days .eat; Till, grown more frugal in his riper days,...praise; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And other.) (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder?) came not nigh ; Pryden alone escap'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 sidor
...(.where busts of poets dead, And a true Pindar stood without a head) Receiv'd of wits an undistingnisu'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place : Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his teat, And flatter1* every day, and some days eat: Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 sidor
...jndgment ask'd, and then a place r Much they extol I'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Diy d( n alone (what wonder ') came not nigh , Dryden alone escap'd this jndging eye : But still the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 sidor
...flatter'd every day. and some days eat ; 240 Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some hu-1- with port, and some with praise, To some a dry rehearsal...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder ? ) came not nigh, Dryden alone escap'd this judeing eye : But still the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 sidor
...(where bust? of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head) Reeelv'd of wits an inidistingnish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place...extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days cat ; 240 Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with... | |
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