If they were not his own by finessing and trick:
He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack,
For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came,
And the puff of a dunce, he mistook it for fame;
[17]. The Rev. William Dodd.
[18]. Dr. Kenrick, who read lectures at the Devil Tavern, under the title of "The School of Shakspeare."
[19]. James Macpherson, Esq., who lately, from the mere force of his style, wrote down the first poet of all antiquity.
Till his relish grown callous, almost to disease,
Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.