The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces, Volume 1John Murray, 1837 |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... seemed directed by a low sordid interest alone ; they seemed mere machines , and all their thoughts were employed in the care of their horses . If we gently desired them to make more speed , they took not the least notice ; kind ...
... seemed directed by a low sordid interest alone ; they seemed mere machines , and all their thoughts were employed in the care of their horses . If we gently desired them to make more speed , they took not the least notice ; kind ...
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... seemed to preside over the republic of letters , unwilling to acknowledge that all his life had been spent in erroneous philosophy , joined in the universal disapprobation , and the English philosophers seemed entirely unknown . ( 1 ) ...
... seemed to preside over the republic of letters , unwilling to acknowledge that all his life had been spent in erroneous philosophy , joined in the universal disapprobation , and the English philosophers seemed entirely unknown . ( 1 ) ...
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... seemed the result of conscious beauty . I called up all my poetry on this occasion , and fancied twenty Cupids prepared for execution in every folding of her white negligee . ( 1 ) I had prepared my imagination for an angel's face ; but ...
... seemed the result of conscious beauty . I called up all my poetry on this occasion , and fancied twenty Cupids prepared for execution in every folding of her white negligee . ( 1 ) I had prepared my imagination for an angel's face ; but ...
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... seemed to be , soon attracted the eyes of the company . As we made our way among crowds who were out to shew their finery as well as we , wherever we came I perceived we brought good - humour in our train . The polite could not forbear ...
... seemed to be , soon attracted the eyes of the company . As we made our way among crowds who were out to shew their finery as well as we , wherever we came I perceived we brought good - humour in our train . The polite could not forbear ...
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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.