 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 sidor
...: Much they cxtoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat : 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder ?) came not nigh, 245 Dryden alone escaped this judging eye : But still the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 sidor
...Pindar stood without a head) 30 Received of wits an undistingnish'd race, Who first his judgment asked, and then a place : Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat: 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 sidor
...place: Much they extolled his pictures, much his seat, And flattered every day, and sometimes ate ; Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid...and some with praise , To some a dry rehearsal was assigned, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. ^ Dryden alone (what wonder?) came not nigh ;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 sidor
...(where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head) Received of wits an undistinguished 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 : 2*0 Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 sidor
...(where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood 'without a head) Received 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 : 2*0 Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 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 frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 sidor
...(where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head2) Received of wits an undistinguish'd g to his view, His step a virgin met, and stood before : A" second to a moth pietures, much his seat, And flatter'd every day, and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in his... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 sidor
...(where busts of Poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head) Received 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 frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 542 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...Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter' d every day, and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 sidor
...busts of poets dead. And a true Pindar stood without a head) Received of wits an undistinguished rare, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place; Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatter' d every day, and some days eat ; Till, grown more frugal in his riper days, lie paid some... | |
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