 | 1839 - 226 страница
...curls, And still recall those happier hours. BUTLER'S MONUMENT. When Butler, needy wretch! was still alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. See him when starved to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown; He asked... | |
 | Englishmen - 1837 - 494 страница
...yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him. when starv'd to death and turned to diut, Presented with a monumental bust. The Poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he rccoiv'da stone 1 Mr Longueville has declared, that, notwithstanding the many... | |
 | 1840 - 480 страница
...grave, and he was universally allowed to have been the greatest poet that the peninsula ever produced. " The poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He asked for bread, and he received a stone. " From contemplating the melancholy life of this great man, we turn to the more delightful task of... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 страница
...century diction which abounds in " wretches," " creatures," " souls," &c. ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT. " Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron...a dinner give. See him, when starved to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The Poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He asked... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 страница
...Hudibras, is said to have died of want.] Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was still alive. No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He asked... | |
 | 1846 - 526 страница
...a dinner give. See him, resolved to clay and turned to dost. Presented with a monumental bust ! Tbc Poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He asked for bread, and he received a stone." Even Dryden sunk into neglect in his old age, having died in a garret in an obscure corner of London... | |
 | 1846 - 516 страница
...would a diuner give. See him, resolved to clay and turned to dost. Presented with a monumental bnst ! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shown — He asked for bread, and be received a stone." 1846.] [December, Even Drydon sunk into neglect in his old age, having died in... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1848 - 678 страница
...from that in the printed copy. " While Butler, needy Wretch ! was yet alive, No purse-proud printer would a dinner give : ^ See him, when starved to death,...shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone." In the printed copies, "no generous patron" is found instead of " purse-proud printer." There are many... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 страница
...of Butler's merit gave origin to one of the acutest epigrams in the English language : — " Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone." But the true type of the principles of taste, and the system,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 страница
...epigrams in the English language : — " Whilst Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patrou would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death...bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone." But the true type of the principles of taste, and the system,... | |
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While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive. No generous patron would a dinner give : See him, when starved to death, and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He asked for bread, and he received a stone. 
