The Poetical Works of Oliver GoldsmithWilliam Pickering, 1839 - 156 pages |
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... rudiments of education which are now familiar even to the poor . The school was under the care of a person , who , to fit him for his employment . had been quartermaster5 in the army during the wars of LIFE OF GOLDSMITH . ix.
... rudiments of education which are now familiar even to the poor . The school was under the care of a person , who , to fit him for his employment . had been quartermaster5 in the army during the wars of LIFE OF GOLDSMITH . ix.
Page xxix
... poor usher of an aca- demy is obliged to sleep in the same bed with a Frenchman , a teacher of that language to the oys , who disturbs him every night , an hour per- aps , in papering and filleting his hair , and stinks worse than a ...
... poor usher of an aca- demy is obliged to sleep in the same bed with a Frenchman , a teacher of that language to the oys , who disturbs him every night , an hour per- aps , in papering and filleting his hair , and stinks worse than a ...
Page xxx
... poor , for he had no introduc- tion to the higher classes ; and his patients were more numerous than his fees . He therefore en- gaged himself to the booksellers as a regular Swiss in their service ; ' and thus with very little practice ...
... poor , for he had no introduc- tion to the higher classes ; and his patients were more numerous than his fees . He therefore en- gaged himself to the booksellers as a regular Swiss in their service ; ' and thus with very little practice ...
Page xxxiv
... poor . Nay , all the news I hear of you is , that you and Mrs. Hodson sometimes sally out in visits among the neighbours , and sometimes make a migration from the blue bed to the brown . I could from my heart wish that you and she , and ...
... poor . Nay , all the news I hear of you is , that you and Mrs. Hodson sometimes sally out in visits among the neighbours , and sometimes make a migration from the blue bed to the brown . I could from my heart wish that you and she , and ...
Page xxxv
Oliver Goldsmith. circumstances are adapted to neither . I am too poor to be gazed at , and too rich to need assist- ance . You see , dear Dan , how long I have been talking about myself , but attribute my vanity to my affection , as ...
Oliver Goldsmith. circumstances are adapted to neither . I am too poor to be gazed at , and too rich to need assist- ance . You see , dear Dan , how long I have been talking about myself , but attribute my vanity to my affection , as ...
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Page 23 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 35 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 77 - TURN, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers the vale, With hospitable ray. 'For here forlorn and lost I tread. With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds immeasurably spread. Seem lengthening as I go.' 'Forbear, my son,' the hermit cries, 'To tempt the dangerous gloom; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Page 35 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 37 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow. And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 44 - The mournful peasant leads his humble band; And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave ! Where, then, ah ! where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride?
Page 78 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Page 34 - A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintain'd its man; For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Page 39 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven : As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...
Page 43 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds...