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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 turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. "
The British Poets - Página xvi
1866
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumen299

1905 - 664 páginas
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volumen1

Robert Southey - 1807 - 512 páginas
...His Poems were published in 410. l?36. On the setting up Mr. Rulltr's Monument in Westminster-Atbty, Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...bust ! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He asked for bread, and he received a stone, Advice to One who was about to u-rile, to avoid t&gImmoralities...
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Flowers of literature; for 1801 & 1802(-1805): or, Characteristic ..., Volumen4

Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 páginas
...Butler (needy wretch) was yet alive, Jjri gen'rous patron would a dinner give, See him when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental...fate is here in emblem shown He ask'd for bread, and lie receiv'da stone. It is worth remarking, that the poet was starving, whilst his prince, Charles...
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The panorama of wit. Exhibiting the choicest epigrams in the English language

Panorama - 1809 - 368 páginas
...Butler, needy wretch ! 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 emblem shown, H« uk'd for Bread, and be receiv'da Stone. A FRIENDLY CONTEST. Cam and Isi* their sad tribute bring...
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A Selection of English Epigrams: Extracted Principally from the British and ...

1812 - 156 páginas
...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...
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Hudibras: Poem, Volumen1

Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 páginas
...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 shown, He ask'd for bread, and lie recciv'da stone." * Another French critic, Dissertation sur la Foesie Anglois, speaking of Butler,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volumen4

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 páginas
...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...shown : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.' The inscription upon it is as follows: MS SAMUELIS BUTLERI, Qui Strenshamits in agro Vigorn. not. 1612,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volumen4

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 536 páginas
...Barber, citizen.of London, which gave occasion to the following lines by Mr. S. Wesley : • Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous...shown : He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone/ The inscription upon it is as follows : MS SAMUELIS BUTLERI, Qttz Strenshamice in agro Vigorn. not....
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volumen2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 páginas
...dinner give: See him, when starv'd to death, ana turn'd to Presented with a monumental bust. [dust, The poet's fate is here in emblem shown ; He ask'd for bread, and he receiv'da stone. Interiptionjor a Fountain adorned icith Quen Anne's and the Duke of Afarli-orongli't...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volúmenes1-3

1818 - 596 páginas
...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,...
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