 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.  The Literature of Society - 第 214 頁Mrs. A. T. Thomson 著 - 1862完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 428 頁
...was erected to him in Westminster Abbey. Upon this fact Wesley wrote the following epigram : — " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous...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... | |
 | Richmond Athenaeum - 1886 - 388 頁
...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 ask d for bread, and he receiv 'da stone! Very similar to the style of Wesley is that of Matthew Green,... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 頁
...was erected to him in Westminster Abbey. Upon this fact Wesley wrote the following epigram : — " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous...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... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 頁
...monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey. Upon this fact Wesley wrote the following epigram :— " While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous...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... | |
 | 1891 - 846 頁
...with you— and — after all, I should like to hear Ronconi — and — AUTHOR OF HUDIBRAS. WHILB Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron...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... | |
 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1891 - 406 頁
...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, — lie asked for bread, and he received a stone." 11. The Hudibras is a burlesque poem, — a long... | |
 | William John Loftie - 1891 - 350 頁
...of ' Hudibras,' also died ' in great poverty,' as is recorded in the well-known epigram : — ' When Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give. Behold him, starved to death and turned to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate... | |
 | William Andrews - 1898 - 264 頁
...on the memorial the following lines : — " Whilst Butler, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved...! The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, — He asked for bread, and he receiv'da stone." An epitaph similar in sentiment to the foregoing was placed... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 354 頁
...SAMUEL BUTLER'S MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. WHILE BUTLER, needy wretch ! was yet alive, No gen'rous 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... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 頁
...SAMUEL BUTLER'S MONUMENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. WHILE BUTLER, needy wretch! was yet alive, No gen'rous 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... | |
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