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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 Martial: Or, An Anthology of English Epigrams: Being the Largest ... - Página 229
1806
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The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography

John Kirk - 1864 - 448 páginas
...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...! The Poet's fate is here in emblem shewn, — He asked for BREAD, and he received a STONE." U We could linger long on the beautiful features displayed...
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The jest book; the choicest anecdotes and sayings, selected and arranged by ...

Jest book - 1864 - 396 páginas
...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. MDLXXIIL— A WORD IN SEASON. MRS. POWELL the...
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Hudibras [in 3 pt.]. With notes and life of the author, Volumen46

Samuel Butler - 1864 - 426 páginas
...following :— While Butler, needy wretch, was still alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Bee him when starv'd to death and turn'd to dust Presented with a monumental bust. The poetfs fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone. Butler was a most...
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Epigrams, Ancient and Modern: Humorous, Witty, Satirical, Moral and Panegyrical

John Booth - 1865 - 400 páginas
...yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; (5•) 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. S. Wesley. Complaint of the Ghost of Butler,...
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Epigrams, ancient and modern, ed. by J. Booth

Epigrams - 1865 - 398 páginas
...yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; (59) 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. 5. Wr,Uy. Complaint of the Ghost of Butler,...
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The Mother of the Wesleys: A Biography, Volumen1

John Kirk - 1866 - 490 páginas
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The British Poets, Volumen1

1866 - 390 páginas
...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. * See Delineation of Butler's Monument in Dart's...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Butler, Volumen1

Samuel Butler - 1866 - 356 páginas
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Outlines of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1866 - 484 páginas
...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 x is here in emblem shown; He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone." But the true type of the principles...
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Gems of English poetry from Chaucer to the present times, selected and ...

Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...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 astd for BREAD, and he received a STONE. RELIGION. MILD, sweet, serene, and cheerful was...
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