The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. SHAKSPEARE. Read over this, and after this,—and then To breakfast with what appetite you have. SHAKSPEARE. They would defy That which they love most tenderly; Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard thro' their nose. He bore A paunch of mighty bulk before, BUTLER'S Hudibras. To keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare. For finer or fatter BUTLER'S Hudibras. Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. Critiqu'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat, GOLDSMITH. POPE'S Moral Essays. The tankards foam; and the strong table groans THOMSON. 50 APPETITE-DINNER - HUNGER, &c. Their various cares in one great point combine, YOUNG'S Love of Fame. The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. Behold! his breakfasts shine with reputation; DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. Dire was the clang of plates, of knife and fork, DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. Famish'd people must be slowly nurst, BYRON'S Don Juan. Besides, I'm hungry, and just now would take. BYRON'S Don Juan. And when he look'd upon his watch again, BYRON'S Don Juan Nothing's more sure at moments to take hold BYRON'S Don Juan, When dinner has oppress'd me, I think it is perhaps the gloomiest hour BYRON'S Don Juan. APPLAUSE-POPULARITY He fell upon whate'er was offer'd-like BYRON'S Don Juan But man is a carnivorous production, -All human history attests BYRON'S Don Juan. That happiness for man-the hungry sinner- BYRON'S Don Juan. The big round dumpling rolling from the pot. D. HUMPHREYS. The same stale viands serv'd up o'er and o'er, WYNNE'S Ovid APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep SHAKSPEARE. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; His countenance, like richest alchymy, Will change to virtue, and to worthiness. O breath of public praise, Short-livd and vain! oft gain'd without desert, SHAKSPEARE. As often lost, unmerited! HAVARD. 51 52 APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. Who most to shun or hate mankind pretend, POPE'S Essay on Man. He spoke, and bow'd; with muttering jaws The noisy praise Of giddy crowds is changeable as winds; GAY's Fables. Maidens wave Some shout him, and some hang upon his ear, DRYDEN COWPER'S Task. Oh popular applause! what heart of man In murmur'd pity, or loud-roar'd applause. COWPER'S Task. BYRON'S Childe Harold. What if the popular breath should damn the sun In his meridian glory?—dost thou think His beams would fall less brightly? DAWFS' Athenia. ARCHITECTURE, &c. - ARGUMENT, &c. 59 The princely dome, the column and the arch, Here the architect Dia not with curious skill a pile erect No sumptuous chimney-piece of shining stone And coldly entertain his sight; but clear AKENSDE. CAREW. And cheerful flames cherish and warm him here. Windows and doors in nameless sculpture drest, With order, symmetry, or taste unblest; But this juggler Would think to chain my judgment, as mine eyes, MILTON'S Comus. |