 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 страница
...of this monument, Mr, Si: . el Wesley wrote the following Epigram. « While Butler, needy wretch I was yet alive, no generous patron would a dinner give : see him, when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, presented, with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in... | |
 | 1812 - 156 страница
...Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give : See him when starv'd to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown,— He asfc'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone, CCXLVUI. When man and -woman die, as poets sung, His heart's... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 страница
...rarely transfueible into a foreign tongue, or much of their spirit is lott in the attempt*. " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give: See him, when starv'd to death, and tnrnM to dost, Presented with a monumental bnst. The poet's fate is here in emblem... | |
 | 1812 - 760 страница
...correct transcript of the Poet's epigram. However, such as it is, I beg your acceptance of it. " While Butler (needy wretch '.) was yet alive, No generous Patron would a dinner give ; Behold him, atari' >l to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's... | |
 | 1813 - 566 страница
...monument being erected to the memory of Sutler, author of Hudibru?. [By the Rev. Samuel H'esley.]' WHII-F. Butler (needy wretch !) was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust ! The Poet's fate... | |
 | 1813 - 552 страница
...Monument being erected to the memory of Biitter, author of Hudibras. BY THE BEV. SAMUEL WESLEY. WHILE Butler (needy wretch!) was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust! The Poet's fate... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 страница
...Barber, citizen.of London, which gave occasion to the following lines by Mr. S. Wesley : • Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone/ The inscription upon it is as follows : MS SAMUELIS BUTLERI,... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 страница
...John Barber, citizen of London, which gave occasion to the following lines by Mr. S. Wesley: ' 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.' The inscription upon it is as follows: MS SAMUELIS BUTLERI,... | |
 | 1818 - 596 страница
...Butler (needy wretch) was yet alive, Nt> gen'rous patron would a dinner give, See him when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The Poet's fate is here in emblem' shown — Ileask'd for bread, and he reeeir'3 a stone. It is worth remarking, thnt the Poet was starving,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1818 - 594 страница
...to Homer, Tasso, Milton, Spenser, and Butler, no poet has a right to complain of hard fortune. When Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him when dead, and turned again to dust, Presented with a monumental bust; See here the poet's fate in order... | |
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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. 
