The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volume 4John Murray, 1837 |
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... once pronounced by these ladies to be Lissoy , and their father the village preacher ; and in this behalf all the residents in the vicinity have concurred . The general character of the adjoining country , particularly in the rear of ...
... once pronounced by these ladies to be Lissoy , and their father the village preacher ; and in this behalf all the residents in the vicinity have concurred . The general character of the adjoining country , particularly in the rear of ...
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... once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . ' Having thus passed through Holland , he arrives at England- ' Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state With daring ...
... once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . ' Having thus passed through Holland , he arrives at England- ' Stern o'er each bosom Reason holds her state With daring ...
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... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man , after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once ...
... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man , after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once ...
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... once asked him what he meant by slow , in the first line of the Traveller . Did he mean tardiness of locomotion ? ' Goldsmith , who would say something without consideration , answered , ' Yes . ' I was sitting by and said , ' No , Sir ...
... once asked him what he meant by slow , in the first line of the Traveller . Did he mean tardiness of locomotion ? ' Goldsmith , who would say something without consideration , answered , ' Yes . ' I was sitting by and said , ' No , Sir ...
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... once made , that the amusement in which he had been engaged had given birth to the idea . See Life , ch . xiv . ] ( 3 ) [ Here followed in the first edition : - : - " At sports like these while foreign arms advance , In passive ease ...
... once made , that the amusement in which he had been engaged had given birth to the idea . See Life , ch . xiv . ] ( 3 ) [ Here followed in the first edition : - : - " At sports like these while foreign arms advance , In passive ease ...
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Page 61 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 16 - But where to find that happiest spot below Who can direct, when all pretend to know ? The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own ; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revelry and ease : The naked Negro, panting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine, Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country,...
Page 101 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit : For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd, or in place, Sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page vii - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Page 444 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Page 59 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 127 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 55 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 27 - Yet think not, thus when Freedom's ills I state, I mean to flatter kings, or court the great; Ye powers of truth that bid my soul aspire, Far from my bosom drive the low desire; And...
Page 60 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.