 | 1865 - 600 psl.
...books':— ' The readers and the hearers like my hooks, But yet some writers cannot them digest: Yet what care I, for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not my cooks,' is not so familiar as the other two, which are well known in themselves, though seldom tacked... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 psl.
...You love not to hear truth, nor I to flatter. 7 • Against Writers who carp at other Men's Books. The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest : Yet what care I, for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not my cooks. 8 On... | |
 | 1865 - 600 psl.
...as the three which we subjoin. The first ' against writers that carp at other men's books ' : — ' The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest : Yet what care I, for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not my cooks,' is not... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 psl.
...matter ? You love not to hear truth, nor I to flatter. r Against Writers who carp at other Men's Books. The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet some writers cannot them digest : Yet what care I, for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not my cooks. 8 On... | |
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 psl.
...MEN'S BOOKS. THE readers and the hearers like my boots, But yet some writers cannot them digest ; Yet what care I, for when I make a feast, I would my guests should praise it, not my cooks! SIR Joira HARRIHOTON. FROM THE FRENCH. DAMIS, an author cold and weak, Thinks as a critic... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 psl.
...Sir John Harington ; all but the second line, indeed, being an ulmost exact translation (Book I. 5) : The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet...I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks. Congreve copies the point in his " Epilogue to Oroonoko" : Critics, he knows, for this may damn his... | |
 | 1874 - 808 psl.
...best. Here is one which concerns the literary craft : " AGAINST WRITERS THAT CARP AT OTHER MEN'S BOOKS. The readers and the hearers like my books. But yet...would my guests should praise it, — not the cooks." Harington did not enjoy criticism, as what writer does, except it be favorable : "To FAUSTUS. Faustus... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 psl.
...Sir John Harington ; all but the second line, indeed, being an almost exact translation (Book I. 5) : The readers and the hearers like my books, But yet...writers cannot them digest. But what care I ? For when I miike 11 feast, I would my guests should praise it, not the cooks. Congreve copies the point in his... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1870 - 360 psl.
.... Would, is sometimes used as a principal verb, equivalent to the present of wish or desire ; as, " When I make a feast, I would, my guests should praise it — not the cooks." — " When I would [when I wish to] do good, evil is present with me. Thus used, the subject in the... | |
 | 1874 - 780 psl.
...best. Here is one which concerns the literary craft : " AGAINST WRITERS THAT CARP AT OTHER MEN'S BOOKS. The readers and the hearers like my books. But yet...would my guests should praise it, — not the cooks." Harington did not enjoy criticism, as what writer does, except it be favorable : "To FAUSTUS. Faustus... | |
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Books. The Readers and the Hearers like my books, But yet some Writers cannot them digest ; But what care I ? for when I make a feast, I would my Guests should praise it, not the Cooks. 
