 Come, all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines, Come, and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines When satire and censure encircled his throne, I fear'd for your safety, I fear'd for my own : But now he is gone, and we want a detector, Our Dodds...  The Talisman for ... - Seite 262herausgegeben von - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan - 1884 - 320 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself? Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks : Come, all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines, Come and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 520 Seiten
...upon other people. 2 Mrs. Piozzi says this portrait of Cumberland is ironical. — ED. Here Douglas retires from his toils, to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks : 80 Come all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines, Come and dance on the spot where your tyrant... | |
 | 1886 - 552 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last and drew from himself? Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax — The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks. — Come, all ye quack bards and ye quacking divines, Come and dance on the spot where your tyrant... | |
 | Walter Wood - 1887 - 620 Seiten
...poem of 'Retaliation.' ' And Douglas is pudding substantial and plain.' And again — ' Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks ; Come all ye quack bards, and quacking divines, Come and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines.... | |
 | Clarence Howard Clark - 1888 - 606 Seiten
...Douglas (Bp. from 1791 to 1807), mentioned in Goldsmith's " Retaliation" thus: — " Here Douglass retires, from his toils to relax, " The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks." This is an allusion to Douglas as the author of " Milton Vindicated from the charge of " plagiarism"... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself ? Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks. Come, all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines. Come, and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines.... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 Seiten
...But, missing his mirth and agreeable vein, As often we wish'd to have Dick back again. Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks. Come, all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines, Come, and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines... | |
 | Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall - 1894 - 930 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself ? Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax, The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks : Come all ye quack bards, and ye quacking divines, Come, and dance on the spot where your tyrant reclines:... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last and drew from himself? Here Douglas retires from his toils to relax — The scourge of impostors, the terror of quacks. — Come, all ye quack bards and ye quacking divines, Come and dance on the spot where your tyrant... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1900 - 482 Seiten
...Quite sick of pursuing each troublesome elf, He grew lazy at last, and drew from himself? Here DOUGLAS retires from his toils to relax ; The scourge of impostors ! the terror of quacks ! Come, all ye quack Bards ! and ye quacking Divines! Come, and dance on the spot where your tyrant... | |
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