THE HAUNCH OF VENISON. A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters to study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so... The Quarterly Review - Page 468edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 376 pages
...CLARE. THANKS, my Lord, for your venison — for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter : The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - 1867 - 200 pages
...* I ""HANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter -*- Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter : The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...VENISON. Thanks, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Goldsmith, Haunch of Venison, 1. VENGEANCE. I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such children.... | |
| Thomas Farrington De Voe - 1867 - 488 pages
...taxed. " Thanks, ray lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter, Never ranged in a forest, or smoked on a platter ; The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white and the lean was so ruddy." — Dr. Goldsmith. Very large portions of venison is found in (hind) saddles only, and principally... | |
| Washington Irving - 1868 - 486 pages
...kitchen of a poet, accustomed to look up to mutton as a treat : — " Thanks, my lord, for your venison; for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting, To spoil such a delicate picture by... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 pages
...written, it is believed, in :771. It is now printed from the second edition, also dated in 1776, which is The haunch was a picture for painters to study — The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
| Thomas Wadleigh Harvey - 1868 - 276 pages
...care'less- | ly roam'. 5. Amphibrach Tetrameter uau X 4. The flesh' was a pict'ure | for paint'ers j to stud'y, The fat' was | so white' and | the lean' was | so rud'dj 6. Amphibrach Tetrameter Catalectic . . . uau X 4 —. But hang^ it,— | to po'ets | who sel'dom... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1869 - 1502 pages
...LORD CLARE. THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked n my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my ; Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 pages
...LORD CLARE. Thanks, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter: The haunch was a picture for painters...study, The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating:... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 280 pages
...Ireland, in 1718. THE HAUNCH OF VENISON: AN EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE.1 THANKS, my lord, for your venison, for finer or fatter Never rang'd in a forest, or smok'd...— The fat was so white, and the lean was so ruddy. Though my stomach was sharp, I could scarce help regretting To spoil such a delicate picture by eating... | |
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