The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volume 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... imitate nature from an imitation of nature . I know of no set of men more likely to be improved by travelling than those of the thea- trical profession . The inhabitants of the continent are less reserved than here ; they may be seen ...
... imitate nature from an imitation of nature . I know of no set of men more likely to be improved by travelling than those of the thea- trical profession . The inhabitants of the continent are less reserved than here ; they may be seen ...
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... imitate . ( 1 ) They who , like him , can place themselves on that side of the world in which every thing appears in a ridiculous or pleasing light , will find something in every occurrence to excite their good - humour . The most ...
... imitate . ( 1 ) They who , like him , can place themselves on that side of the world in which every thing appears in a ridiculous or pleasing light , will find something in every occurrence to excite their good - humour . The most ...
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... imitation ; since if , on the one hand , we perceive in it the steady influence of patriotism , we , on the other , find as strong a desire of re- venge . But , to waive introduction , let us to the story . ( 1 ) [ This story , no doubt ...
... imitation ; since if , on the one hand , we perceive in it the steady influence of patriotism , we , on the other , find as strong a desire of re- venge . But , to waive introduction , let us to the story . ( 1 ) [ This story , no doubt ...
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... imitation . One might be almost induced to deplore the philosophic spirit of the age , which , in proportion as it enlightens the mind , increases its timidity , and represses the vigour of every undertaking . Men are now content with ...
... imitation . One might be almost induced to deplore the philosophic spirit of the age , which , in proportion as it enlightens the mind , increases its timidity , and represses the vigour of every undertaking . Men are now content with ...
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... imitate the good to society that our neighbours are found to practise , and let our neighbours also imitate those parts of duty in which we excel . There are some men , who in their garden , attempt to raise those fruits which nature ...
... imitate the good to society that our neighbours are found to practise , and let our neighbours also imitate those parts of duty in which we excel . There are some men , who in their garden , attempt to raise those fruits which nature ...
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Page 311 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page iii - The life of Dr. Parnell is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
Page 294 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 317 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 294 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin...
Page 301 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 434 - It is the interest of the one to allow as little for writing, and of the other to write as much, as possible.
Page 18 - 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 131 - The. passion of laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly...
Page 286 - ... mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love and praise. O how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare That glows within my ravish'd heart? But Thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest; When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.