The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life & Writings to which is Added a Critical Disseetation on His PoetryCadell & Davies, 1805 - 148 pages |
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... failed to pay it for this debt he was arrested ; but was released by the kindness of Dr. Sleigh and Mr. Laughlin Maclaine , whose friendship he had acquired at the college . He now embarked for Bourdeaux on board a Scotch vessel called ...
... failed to pay it for this debt he was arrested ; but was released by the kindness of Dr. Sleigh and Mr. Laughlin Maclaine , whose friendship he had acquired at the college . He now embarked for Bourdeaux on board a Scotch vessel called ...
Page xii
... failed to throw them into raptures , and the ladies especially ; but as it was now my only means , it was received with contempt : a proof how ready the world is to under - rate those talents by which a man is supported ! " At the ...
... failed to throw them into raptures , and the ladies especially ; but as it was now my only means , it was received with contempt : a proof how ready the world is to under - rate those talents by which a man is supported ! " At the ...
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... fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care ; Impell'd ...
... fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care ; Impell'd ...
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... fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And spurns the plan that aims at other ends ...
... fails ; And honour sinks where commerce long prevails : Hence ev'ry state , to one lov'd blessing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone : Each to the fav'rite happiness attends , And spurns the plan that aims at other ends ...
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... fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when , stript ...
... fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe . Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps unknown ; Till time may come , when , stript ...
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Æsop Amidst Auburn blest bliss boast bosom bow'rs breast BULKLEY Burke character charms comedy David Garrick dear death Deserted Village diff'rent e'en Edmund Burke Elphin Epilogue EPITAPH ev'ning ev'ry eyes fame flies follow'd folly fond forlorn genius give HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heav'n hermit honour hour humble humour JAMES BOSWELL Johnson lamp-black land learning lord lover luxury mankind mind mirth MISS CATLEY modern bards moral muse nature ne'er never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene shew'd sigh simile Sir Joshua Reynolds skies smiling song sorrow soul spread Stoops Stoops to Conquer stranger swain sweet SWEET AUBURN tear thee thine things thou toil tomb Traveller truth turn Twas Vicar of Wakefield wealth Whilst wond'rous wretch write
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Page 38 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 57 - Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Page 49 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 38 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn : Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Page 42 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school , The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...
Page 74 - 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, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 28 - How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure...
Page 45 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And...
Page 10 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 48 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...